New exhibition at fCH: Rupestres

Federico Churba has invited Juan, once again, to open a photo exhibition at his amazing showroom. Yesterday Juan presented his last series, "Rupestres". Twelve large format pictures (110X110cmts) shot in Mendoza, NYC and Miami Beach between 2010 and 2015. The opening was a complete success, with the space packed-up with friends, artists, critics and journalists. Rupestres will be open until the end of August, and may be visited Monday to Friday from 10AM to 7PM and Saturdays from 10AM to 1PM. Tienda Federico Churba, Paraná 1172, Buenos Aires.

Horacio Lavandera at The Blue Whale

Tonight Horacio Lavandera will be plain Beethoven's Emperor piano concerto at the opening of the brand new concert hall in Buenos Aires, called The Blue Whale. This amazing venue has been acoustically designed and provides a crystal clear presentation of instruments very suitable for medium and small ensembles. Though world famous and a classic, the main hall at Teatro Colón was never intended for baroque music and chamber ensembles, as was designed with opera and symphonic orchestras in mind. So this new venue is very welcome. And to open it the prestigious Horacio Lavandera has been selected. He hired me to portray him in this space which, to be honest, was still being under constructions when these pictures were taken. Therefore, I could not make full use of the location and had to shoot under very low light conditions. He was very satisfied with the results, anyway. Good! I had met him during the recording sessions of Dino Saluzzi's piano music for ECM, at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo.

Vijay Iyer Trio: Break Stuff for ECM records

While visiting NYC Juan did a photo-shoot of the acclaimed Vijay Iyer Trio in Harlem for the legendary ECM label. The pictures turned out so good that they were immediately included in the booklet of the new album, Break Stuff. Another picture made by Juan was selected by Manfred Eicher for the cover.  The recording has been a complete hit, being heralded by the public and critics alike. It has got five stars from Downbeat magazine and the musicians  have been considered Jazz Artist and Jazz Group of the year by the same publication.

Dino Saluzzi: Imágenes (Music for piano)

ECM Records has recently released Dino Saluzzi's last album: "Imágenes", to celebrate the artist's 80th birthday today. This is a seldom seen aspect of Dino's oeuvre, forgetting about his beloved bandoneon. The complex, ambitious and profound pieces were written in Salta, Stuttgart and on the road between 1960 and 2002. Expertly played by the young Horacio Lavandera, this album was recorded at the Rainbow Studio in Oslo in October 2013. Juan was lucky to be present there and documented the session with photos that have been used in the booklet as well as the concert posters. 

Photo-Shoot for Sofia Dumaine Apparel in Miami

Sofia Dumaine is a young, argentinian talented designer based in Miami. Juan has recently shot for Bonsai3 the beautiful Dashil wearing her collection in an wonderful location: a huge warehouse of a prop company. Great team, as always. Sofia has been invited to participate in Colombia Moda, in Medellin, next July.

Newly published book about legendary pizzeria Güerrin

Juan has participated in a quite distinct project, that took him out of his comfort zone. He was called by Graphic Designer and editor Silvina Simondet to shoot the inner life of an extremely famous 80 year old pizzeria. Güerrin is simply legendary in Buenos Aires, being a mandatory stop at Corrientes Avenue. The shooting was unique from many points of view. Technically difficult, it was necessary to shoot under very poor light conditions, to work among hundreds of clients, sometimes during the middle of the night and standing on top of the counter in order to immerse into the action of this ultra-busy restaurant. It was really fun and the results made him proud. A 500+ page book testifies for this hard work and shows the true 24 hour life of this mythic place. They can only be bought at Güerrin (Corrientes 1368, microcentro, Buenos Aires) but it is worth visiting the place to get the book and to try the super muzzarela pizza. 

Video shoot for Fendi Chateau

Fendi Chateau, a premium real state project in Miami, hired Bonsai3 and Juan as director of a video shoot in Bal Harbor and Miami Beach. Diego Sefercheglou of Craft CG did the art direction. The schedule was very tight but everything went as expected and the various locations were completed in just one day.

Giuseppe Zanotti at Beverly Center, LA

Chacra 11 for Kallos/Turin architects

Juan was hired by the prestigious architects Stephania Kallos and Aby Turin to photograph Chacra 11 in Punta del Este, Uruguay. The place is stunning and the weather was simply perfect. These pictures have been already published in many international interior design magazines.

El Ojo y el Diamante for Sans Parapluie

Juan has recently been shooting artist Lucas Rise's new project, El Ojo y el Diamante, in Valeria del Mar, a small town near the sea 400 km south of Buenos Aires. This amazing artist, creator of Sans Parapluie and RiseMod, has founded an art gallery together with his family.

David Virelles in Brooklyn Heights

While in NYC Juan made a photo shoot in Brooklyn Heights of the Cuban musician David Virelles. These pictures were included in the booklet of his recently released solo album on ECM Records, Mbókò, which has received wonderful reviews already.

Shooting for fCH

Juan enjoyed shooting Federico Churba's beautiful designs at his store in Recoleta. He made the photos for fCH's new catalog and website. 

Shooting for Rossi in Tigre

Once again Rossi Equipamientos has hired Juan to photograph their products. This new sessions took place at a location in Tigre, a small town by the river, north of Buenos Aires. The charming bar is called Boulevard Saenz Peña. Production and styling was carried out by Silvina Bidabehere and art direction by Fernanda Fridman of FF Diseño.

In NYC (photo) shooting musicians

Juan has just arrived from NYC where he spent a week photo-shooting jazz musicians for ECM USA. He was contacted by Tina Pelikan and Sarah Hunffries to produce portraits for the upcoming recordings of Cuban pianist David Virelles and the hottest trio in town: the Vijay Iyer Trio. He also made a session with of John Hébert, amazing bassist of the Fred Hersch Trio. Juan met him at a concert at the  legendary Village Vanguard where the trio presented their beautiful last album: "Floating". Sessions took place in locations in Brooklyn, Harlem and Jersey City.

Volteá campaign for Bonsai 3 in North Miami

Juan has been shooting the starring actors of the new campaign  TV series "Voltea"by Venevisión for Bonsai 3 in North Miami. The photo shoot took place at the Alaska Café in North Miami. 

Portraits of Senator Ernesto Sanz

Juan has been chosen by Lorenzo Shakespear to portrait Senator Ernesto Sanz for his new campaign as candidate for President of Argentina. The shoot run smoothly and it was a pleasure to be able to shoot this experienced politician.

Brand new work for Cepas Argentinas

Juan has recently been shooting beverages again for Cepas Argentinas. This time he worked on the popular brand Pronto. 

Nina chair for Rossi

Rossi has recently launched a new model called Nina. They hired Juan to shoot it at a location. The fantastic concrete, wood and glass house was designed by Dieguez-Fridman architects. Art direction was by FF Diseño and the stylist was Silvina Bidabehere. It is always fun to work with this fantastic team.