LOTS OF TIMES, IT ARE THE EXPERIENCES WE GO THROUGH AT YOUNG AGE THAT PAINT OUR FUTURE. IT IS NOT EXCEPTIONAL THAT HAPPENINGS, ESPECIALLY TRAUMATIC ONES, DIRECT US IN SOME WAY TO VENTILATE OURSELVES AT LATER AGE. AND FOR SOME IT IS A MEANS TO EXPRESS CREATIVITY. SUCH IS THE CASE WITH CUBAN-ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREAS DELROSI.
Andreas Delrosi was born in 1983 in Camaguey, Cuba. He lived his young life happily, innocently unaware of the things happening around him. Until, one day, his parents decided to move to the United States of America. Andreas was nine years old at the time he, his sister and his parents packed their things and left Cuba. An event that has influenced the rest of his life.
Andrea’s grandmother already lived in the USA and – by following a strict regime of bread and tomatoes - she was able to save up enough money for the family to follow her path. It was 1992 and of course there was no possible way for Cubans to emigrate directly to the US. The Delrosi family went to Guatemala for several months before they could embark on the trip to their final destination. Those months have left a big mark on Andreas’ life. From being an expressive boy, always playing outside with his friends, he now got isolated and forced to spend his days within four walls. The family traveled with false papers, so contact with friends and family who were left behind was impossible. But eventually, after pretending to be Guatemalan citizens for three months, Andreas and his family were able to successfully travel to America and reunited with Andreas’ grandmother.
Andreas Delrosi has always been involved in arts, expressing his thoughts and emotions through different media. While at college he did a photography project about Cuban rafters and immigrants. It was his opportunity to immortalize the struggle and intense desire for freedom of his fellow Cubans. This eventually became the key between his past and present life. He discovered his love for photography and developed it as a means to express his feelings and experiences. It was the connection, the bridge, he had been looking for. It became his 'buen amor,' and with a determination that has its roots in the struggle to survive, he strived for the highest quality and level of creativity. Now, with a broad understanding of the world, Andreas Delrosi creates art on film. And Cuba is still in his heart. –B-
ANDREAS DELROSI | BEAUTIFUL
Amazing photography! i can't wait for your website to be ready. :)
Posted by: mircea | May 10, 2009 at 05:10 PM
Just beautiful and amazing! Keep up the great work.
Posted by: Phu | May 10, 2009 at 07:05 PM
The first photogragh of muscle stud Zack Johnathan (aka Zack Vasquez) is awesome!
Posted by: Steve | May 11, 2009 at 06:22 AM
...think I'm in heaven (yet again!!) Great stuff! x
Posted by: daz | May 11, 2009 at 11:26 AM
too posey... but hot!
Posted by: wanker | May 30, 2009 at 12:44 PM