This Summer we have produced with Wildschnitt, a street Photography’s series for the campaign of GOVI Sunglasses from Hong Kong. It was a pleasure for us to produce the campaign on the streets of Berlin with local Models of urban sports like BMX Freestyle, Parcour & Street Dance. Here a couple of shots around the City. Don’t hesitate to contact us for your next Photography & Film Project!
Since a few years I got involved in the production of a Film Documentary about Peruvian Communities in the jungle of south America . As a part of the team, that have visited the natural reserve in south east peru, in the region of Cusco. I got the chance to visit and experience how the people live in the middle of the Jungle, with out a road or any other kind of communication, the only connection is through the river, and the multiple affluents.
The Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, was running a huge research about the use of the natural resources in the jungle of Peru by the Matsigenka community, during the last 5 years. The scientific work and design of the research was made by University teacher Martha Rodriguez. Together with her team, they have visited periodically the different areas around Cusco region, to collect as much information they could. I joined the crew the last years of the project to film a documentary and take pictures for their upcoming book. After the travel phase, we got the commission to produce together with Wildschnitt Film & Photography the design of the book and organize more than 6000 pictures taken by the communities through 5 years. It was a long and hard work, but it paid off. I’m really glad to have the chance to produce such a interesting and important book for the university.
From this Month you can find the book at the university’s library & for buy it, pls go to bookstore ” El Virrey” in Lima, Peru.
Credits:
Titel: Naro Matsigenka, Territorio, Comunidad y Acceso a los recursos de la Biodiversidad
The platform CHANGE SPORT from Frankfurt am Main published a report about the BMX SCHOOL project, that I’m doing since last year in / from my neighborhood in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Really glad to see, how the project has been developed in the last months. From Workshops at the Old Airport in Tempelhof to a Kid’s parade at Kinder Karnaval der Kulturen last June.
Thanks to all the persons, friends & supporters of this project. #integrationdurch
Last month I got the chance to film a video in one of the driest and most wonderful landscapes in the world. Since a couple of years I had the idea to shot bmx freestyle in the desert of Peru, but didn’t find the possibility to do it in a proper way. The surface and landscape of this part of the World has something that is difficult to be recognized from a normal perspective, so I decided to offer a Camera Operator from Canada, Dan Buchanan, the possibility to work together this project, and use his skills with the drone operation to get a better point of view of the multiple surfaces and catch also the immensity of the place. So, we headed 300 Km south of Lima, in the region of Ica. The place is well known for having one of the biggest dunes in the South America. People usually visit this place to do Windsurf or Parachuting, for his strong wind and closeness to the Ocean.
We spent a couple of days in the desert of Ica Region with temperatures around 38 degrees during the day. It wasn’t the easiest to find a proper flat or a rideable surface, but we’ve managed to find some interesting Spots. Even, the road made of Alphalt was destroyed for the highest temperatures and salty wind, who comes from the Pacific Ocean. Have a look to our final edit. We are more than Happy with the final result, THANKS a lot to the persons and sponsors, who made this project possible!
As part of the BMX SCHOOL BERLIN projects, I’m running workshops in German, English or even spanish for the Kids of the city. Feel free to join one the lessons and have fun together with more kids of different parts of Berlin. #integrationdurchsport
A few months ago in Berlin, I was invited to perform and teach BMX Freestyle to a group of refugees children at the old airport in Tempelhof. During 2 Months I got in contact with Kids from different ages and nationalities, who scaped from their countries, because of the war. Most of them came without parents or family. So, It was challenge for me to do this project once a week inside a Huge Airplane’s Hangar.
The pleasure to ride inside this historical place, got me motivated, to drive over there during Winter days and spend some hours with the Kids. I was really glad to see how they have been developed their skills of perseverance and concentration, just for the pleasure to ride a Bicycle and learn! This project was possible with the support of KMA e.V Berlin.
Just came back from Lima, Peru, where I organized together with my friend @SEIMIEK the 4th edition of ” EL Poder de la Bike” BMX Freesytle art exhibition and bmx flatland show. This time we got the chance to use a huge basement in the heart of Miraflores in Lima. Between Graffiti, Street Photography and BMX, we showed our collaborations with local Artists: @RADIO @POHYO @NAJART @CHEKA @RINKE and also did a BMX Flatland show with the homies @djthomasyoung @MCRichiman & @Leibnizmen. Have a look to the Gallery and the video!
Thanks again to all the people & sponsors, who made this event possible in Peru.
G-SHOCK, TNSR, Wildschnitt,DJ Expressions,Piscos Marquez, Arte Manifiesto, Movement Surf & Cafe.
Gallery by SISMO (Fernando Contreras)
April 4, 2017 | Categories: News | Comments Off on El Poder de la Bike Vol.4 / Lima, Peru