INTANGIBLE

"Intangible,” encapsulates a visual narrative that transcends our conventional sense of perception. This collection of digitally manipulated images portrays people and places, wherein patterns of lines extend in diverse directions from central subjects. The assessment of different color palettes, ranging from vivid and saturated tones to a more neutral, almost monochromatic palette, adds layers of emotion and depth to this visual experience.

My photographic journey unfolds along the back roads of the Rio Grande Valley, which began upon my return from Monterrey, México in 2013. Initially uncertain about the purpose of my endeavor, I crisscrossed continuously these very close and familiar landscapes.

As years passed and the quest for inspiration seemed elusive, a profound realization took hold of me: “The more I look, the less I find”. In acknowledging the futility of my relentless pursuit, I chose to pause, to stand still, stripping away movements, memories, and the cacophony of ideas in my head, reducing it all to zero. In this moment of profound Stillness, I understood that the essence I sought wasn't discovered through relentless searching but by stepping back, and embracing this quiet, private and intimate state of contemplation of what laid stoically in front of me. It was in this introspective state that the invisible landscape revealed itself. Abandoned homes and weathered structures along the roadside emerged as silent storytellers. This revelation forged a powerful paradox of time, which forces me to unravel the intricate tapestry that binds the past, present and future.

In "Intangible," the Future and the Past emerge as elusive and ethereal entities, one awaiting manifestation, the other forever departed - a perpetual transition echoing the complex dance of existence. Our tangible reality is confined to the Here and the Now, a continuous slipping away through time, extending toward the vast expanse of infinity or the quiet embrace of oblivion. The collection contemplates the transience of our existence and the delicate balance between presence and absence where the complicity between pixels and seconds vanishes in silence. The singular evidence of our fleeting journey is encapsulated in a photograph, a visual testament to a moment that, too, is destined to fade away.

"Intangible" acts as a visual contemplation of the fleeting nature of our existence, encouraging viewers to reflect on the intricate interplay of time.

Carlos Limas