Studio of the South

The Sun is more than light or warmth. It is a symbol, a myth, a force that shapes everything it touches. Its presence transforms landscapes - daily streets and vast deserts alike - into something different, living and extraordinary. This collection is an exploration of that transformation, a study of the sun's power to illuminate, carve, and inspire.

Vincent van Gogh understood this deeply. In his Studio of the South project, he sought the legendary sunlight of southern regions, dreaming of a place where light could define not just art but life itself. His vision was both grand and impossible, yet in pursuing it, he captured something eternal: the way sunlight makes the familiar strange and the mundane extraordinary.

These images are a continuation of that search, reflecting the sun’s interplay with the daily landscapes I bumped into during my explorations in the South (Canary islands, South of France, South of Portugal, and Minorca among others). They trace the contours of light as it reveals hidden details, heightens colors, and invites us to see the ordinary world as something both tangible and dreamlike. Cleaner, perhaps. A myth of the Sun that lives on - not as something to be captured, but as something to be endlessly pursued.