Algún Día Cary Benbow (CB): What compels you to make the images you create, and why did you become a photographer? Diego Romo (DR): From a very young age I’ve always been fascinated with documentation and a constant desire for permanence. Majority of my childhood was spent traveling and I never really experienced the feeling that I belonged to one particular place. When I first started photographing it was a merely innocent way for myself to archive my existence to form belonging for wherever I was, or a desire to make a particular instant more interesting. Photography allowed me to create permanence but also the ability to create a narrative that doesn’t exist through a photograph. When I was introduced to photography as art, I began to view the camera as an investigative tool for myself and my surroundings, furthering this notion of the photograph as documentation for something that doesn’t exist. Obscuring memories through photography has proved to be a more truthful way in understanding my personal experiences and the experiences of those surrounding me.
Interview with photographer Diego Romo
Interview with photographer Diego Romo
Interview with photographer Diego Romo
Algún Día Cary Benbow (CB): What compels you to make the images you create, and why did you become a photographer? Diego Romo (DR): From a very young age I’ve always been fascinated with documentation and a constant desire for permanence. Majority of my childhood was spent traveling and I never really experienced the feeling that I belonged to one particular place. When I first started photographing it was a merely innocent way for myself to archive my existence to form belonging for wherever I was, or a desire to make a particular instant more interesting. Photography allowed me to create permanence but also the ability to create a narrative that doesn’t exist through a photograph. When I was introduced to photography as art, I began to view the camera as an investigative tool for myself and my surroundings, furthering this notion of the photograph as documentation for something that doesn’t exist. Obscuring memories through photography has proved to be a more truthful way in understanding my personal experiences and the experiences of those surrounding me.