Olga de la Iglesia

From another point of view

Olga de la Iglesia

Olga is a colour photographer. She is dedicated to portraying them every day through everyday objects, in fashion and during her travels.

We like the way she makes us appreciate colours as essential elements that paint our environment, she herself looks like a bunting. We take the photos in her house, which looks like a tropical museum of colourful wooden sculptures, African paintings, animal books and plants that she takes care of like her daughters. She likes to eat macadamias, drink camomile tea and sunbathe. Check out her work on Instagram and her website.

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Q - What made you start taking photos?

A - Not being able to resist capturing the precious ugliness and spontaneity that exists in the street and in the human being.

Q - What is your favourite photo?

A - I wouldn't know how to choose, I guess one that exists only in my head, where all the people I love are happy and in nature and when I look at it it makes me smile.

Q - Who are your creative references?

A - I am fascinated by Gaugin, Matisse, all the impressionist painters, but also Warhol or Martin Parr.

Q - Where do you want to take your career or what projects do you have in mind?

A - The projects in my mind never end, some are forgotten, some linger, some become obsessions but they all go with me and my personal growth, so where I go, they go.

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Q - Who would you particularly like to work with?

A - With David Lynch.

Q - Can you recommend a book?

A - Clay Newman's Seneca Prozac.

Q - Can you recommend a restaurant?

A - Le cucine Mandarosso, a small and intimate Italian restaurant on Verdaguer i Callís street in Barcelona.

Q - Can you recommend a film?

R - Free Planet "La Belle Verte" in French, a 1996 film directed by Coline Serreau.

Q - Can you recommend a place?

A - Pantelleria, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Tunisia.

Q - When would you wear the clothes you are wearing in the photos?

A - Any day of the week.

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