In This Place / En Este Lugar

In This Place En Este Lugar Though the work of Alfredo De Stéfano is presented in a traditional photographic format, all conceptions of the image contained in that support distance themselves from or even subtly confront the traditional ways in which photography has addressed the complex universe of time, space and movement. His ＂... work acquires a dual meaning: that of being a symbol of emptiness, of the void, of the dead and extinct, and that of being the landscape that is most susceptible to change in any number of ways --paradoxically, because of its vastness and its emptiness. In this sense, the desert is the place that is subject to the rapidest and most drastic changes in its land, due to the extreme conditions under which life is expressed there. De Stéfano’s early interest in the visual arts--especially American abstract expressionism--played in his contemplation of nature..＂ Maria A. Iovino Art Critic ++++++++++++++++ De Stéfano was born in Monclova, Coahuila, a city in the northeastern Mexican desert and has a bachelor s degree in Communication Sciences by the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila. He is considered one of México s most important contemporary photographers. He has a passion for the landscape and especially the desert, an environment to which ha has traveled countless times, performing art interventions in it and photographing it. Among his photographic series, we should mention Of Places Without a Future (1992), Remains of Paradise (1996), Replenishing Emptiness (2002) and Brief Chronicle of Light (2005).All these series are set in the desert. His work has been featured in over ninety group and solo shows in various cities on the five continets. His photographs have also appeared in numerous books and magazines. His work forms part of public and private collections in Mexico as well as abroad.