Today we’d like to introduce you to Luis Jimenez. Them and their team share their story with us below:
His photography is different, risky, dreamy and positive. When he takes his camera he knows precisely that he does not seek the apparent and as a good publicist, he always manages to capture what is essentially differentiating.
He investigates and feels some energy in every detail and this makes each of his proposals unconventional. This is Luis Ernesto Jiménez Rauseo, a Venezuelan with Maracayan roots and a Valencian spirit who discovered his passion and a versatile style in the visual arts.
Upon completing his high school studies at the Cristo Rey College, he continues his professional training at the Antonio Ricaurte University Institute of Technology, where he obtains the title of Technician in Advertising and Marketing. He soon began to reap the benefits in this area which he combined with marketing and corporate event production for companies such as Polar, Clorox, L ’Oréal, and Procter & Gamble.
In the mighty mountains of Henri Pittier National Park he encountered love at first sight: Photography.
Since then, that passion has been reciprocal and at the Studio of Lighting and Photography Academy in Maracay he gave his yes to light, the diaphragm and photographic language.
However, by not joining in the silence and indifference to the serious humanitarian crisis in his country, the pressure and persecution soon began, trying to silence his voice. So far from surrendering to the complaint, he decides to emigrate with his family. Melancholic but strengthened in the hope of a new beginning, he arrives in the United States.
In the images, he shows his altruistic soul and constant disposition to self-taught learning. He believes in collaborative work and bets on win-win with a simple scheme, he does not like repetitive angles but unique images, which he brings to life with his prodigious lens, after feeling what he wants to do imperishable with the right shot his accomplice his Nikon D-3100.
His responsibility, the passion with which he assumes each of his photographic sessions and his audiovisual work always accompany him are his best letter of introduction.
Thus he arrived in Miami in 2014, climbing dreams in the coverage of social events with collaborations for Univisión, El Venezolano TV, among other media. He currently resides in
Austin, Texas where he continues to contribute images to his great portfolio as a photographer of social events and musical groups, which celebrate his joviality and unstoppable creativity.
Green Enanitos, Zapato 3, La Banana Voladora, Los Mentas, Alexis Peña and Yordano are some of the bands and artists who have praised his work.
At 40, his family is his base and his camera is his compass. Sincerity is portrayed in him as soon as you know him. Luis is a lover of nature and its landscapes, in them he discovers and meets again.
He breaks with the adage that you cannot give what you have not received. Because although fate without prior notice took away the possibility of growing up with his mother, with only seven years of age, he lived together with his grandmother, father and uncles, without this preventing him from feeling the need to love and know that he was loved by his wife and three children.
He knows how to take advantage of opportunities and dedicate himself to making what he imagines a reality. Do not hesitate to meet him and discover the charisma with which he can handle his camera, his art and the dedication that he will give to each of your projects when it comes to alliances.
If you live in Texas and are a singer or artist, don’t be surprised to receive an extraordinary photo of your staging because he loves to share the experience of gratitude with his camera, connecting with other dreamers who, like him, break barriers and bet to talent in magical moments.
My photography exists in different perspectives and visions of what surrounds me. It is dreamy, risky, positive. I perceive it in the differentiator.
I am passionate about being able to find that energy transmitted by the people and objects that I approach with the camera, to later be able to show it with the photographic language.
After feeling what I want to make imperishable with the successful shot of my accomplice, I combine with marketing and corporate event production unique images.
The best disposition, responsibility and passion are my companions to the photographic sessions and during the audiovisual work. Green Enanitos, Zapato 3, La Banana Voladora, Los Mentas, Alexis Peña and Yordano are some of the bands and artists with whom I have had the pleasure of having shared an assertive, jovial and creative work.
I am a lover of nature and its landscapes, in them I meet again, but at nightfall, I like to frequent spaces with good music, so if you live in Texas and are a singer or artist, do not be surprised to receive a photo of your staging, because I love sharing the experience of gratitude, connecting with other dreamers who bet on talent in magical moments.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
Since I started taking photography here in the United States, specifically in Miami, I think the only or biggest obstacle has been the language in some circumstances, being an emigrant also demands me and demands a lot of my time to be able to practice my profession at 10000%. and passion that is photography. Thank God I have met wonderful and talented people throughout my experiences, who have enriched, helped to continue growing as a person and professionally, I think that in general, it has not been so difficult to enter the industry, but yes, it is a job like any other that needs dedication, passion and sowing in order to reap the fruits.
As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
I am passionate about everything that has to do with art, be it music, plastic arts, photography, etc. I am a musical man, I cannot go to take pictures without music, edit without music, work without music. I love to make poetry in my spare time, which I post with my photographs on my social media accounts. My photography is always focused on the artistic, I love the contrast and highlighting the colors in the dark. I also love black and white because it gives a certain touch of seriousness and / or formality. I also love the vehicles, which is why I attend every second Sunday to an exhibition here in Georgetown where I am invited by its organizers, there I am with my children who love to go and see the cars. Much of my inspiration comes from a love for family, music and nature. I love exploring, climbing and seeing new places, something that made me fall in love with this Austin city. What is abandoned kills me with passion because there is history behind all that, who built it, what was its end, who occupied it, etc.
What do you like best about our city? What do you like least?
What I like the most about this city. Firstly the people for their kindness and respect, I would put as second the beautiful nature and magical places and as third and not last how artistic and musical it is.
THAT I DO NOT LIKE IT. I think that the cold days that give a sad touch to nature and the days, but that of course also has a positive side, it hides the poisonous animals hahaha.
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