A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKING TODAY

Hector Amaro (1972), is an artist born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands who began his career as a model at the age of sixteen. Several years later and passionate for the medium, he purchased a camera and began taking photos of models he knew. At the beginning he was an autodidact, and later did a masterclass on photography winning a national photo contest. Ever since Hector has worked for the likes of Vogue Italia, KALTBLUT , neo2 magazine, and has shot an impressive list of campaigns. Based in Madrid, Hector travels all over the world to shoot.

Your greatest inspirations or influences?

Im in love with the aesthetic of the beauty of the 90s , I love great photographers like Peter Lindbergh , Mario Testino, Helmut Newton , Richard Avedon and Steven Meisel.

Tell us a bit about your creative process? and what lies ahead.

I start my process with an inspiration, and from there I contact my team to develop the idea further.

This year I think it is a great moment to create , we’ve been put on a hold, and had to stop and look and sometimes that’s a good way to restart with new ideas.

How has this year changed your creativity and how do you see the world changing moving forward?

I think as I said its a moment to restart , to enjoy every single moment of our lives, even enjoy the stressful moment when we are working.

Anything else you'd like to share?

I would love to say that the artistic works should be more considerate , we artists shouldn’t accept to work for free or get paid less than we deserve, unfortunately this is happening just too often.