ON LOCATION:
on location is FIXER’s MAGAZINE section dedicated to highlight Venezuelan photographers working on a life assignment far from home. migration is a Venezuelan reality embraced from many different reasons and through many different processes, but with one thing in common for every venezuelan: the feeling of displacement.
we focus here on photography that has nurtured from leaving behind life as expected and faced new realities. the use of gray as this section’s color is an analogy to all of those shades of gray we’ve had to make ours while facing new environments.
ANDRÉS MANNER
caracas, venezuela —> MIAMI, USA
©zona sul, 2003 ©andrés manner
How was your artistic journey from Caracas
to MIAMI
and how the USA HAS shaped your photographic voice?
Although I agree that every experience we live shapes the way we see and create as artists, I don’t feel— or perhaps I haven’t yet realized—how this recent move to South Florida may have given a new form to my photographic voice. My life has always been marked by movement in and out of Venezuela, though this latest departure has been the most radical of all, for reasons that, unfortunately, are shared by nearly eight million of our fellow citizens.
zona sul, 2003 ©Andrés manner
Do you see elements of your Venezuelan roots
in the way you frame the world today?
Perhaps it lies in the influences of the Masters of Venezuelan photography whom I was fortunate enough to have as mentors. Surely the most important of all those influences is the devotion of the “Cochino Frito”
zona sul, 2003 ©andrés manner
Looking back TO YOUR TIME IN CARACAS,
what is the biggest lesson you carry with you in your professional work today?
Always listen to your intuition, be prepared and present 100%, be flexible, kind and respectful with everyone, the latter will help you to open doors and give you access.
zona sul, 2003 ©andrés manner
what would you tell your younger
self when you first picked up a camera?
Make sure the roll is securely placed in the camera sprocket. and Hold on tight, what's coming is JoropoRock!!
¡Agárrate, que lo que viene es JoropoRock!
Andrés
Manner
caracas, venezuela —> MIAMI, usa
Andrés Manner (Caracas, 1967) is a Venezuelan photographer. He began his photography studies in Caracas with Ricardo Armas at MANOA before continuing at the Art Institute of Boston, and later at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, where he specialized in photojournalism and documentary photography and completed an internship at the Magnum photo agency. Throughout his career, Manner has worked across journalism, the arts, and music, while remaining deeply committed to teaching.
He spent four years living and working as a photographer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, further expanding his visual language and professional collaborations. In 2011 Back in Caracas, he co-founded, along with photographers Ernesto Costante and Gabriel Osorio, Cubo 7 Espacio Fotográfico — a cultural space dedicated to photography. After relocating to Miami, he co-founded the Miami Institute of Photography (MIP) in 2017. MIP quickly became a hub for photographers and creatives, offering exhibitions, talks, and a strong educational program. After a pandemic-related pause, Manner has reopened the school as a hybrid platform, continuing its mission with renewed energy and an expanded team of instructors.
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