ABOUT
Juan Galán
I have a Degree in Psychology from the University of Salamanca and a HNC of Industrial Maintenance, knowledge that I apply to my daily job as a UX designer.
I attended photography classes independently at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Salamanca, as well as film photography at the University of New York, while finishing my degree. I became very interested in the history of photography, so I started to collect and shoot vintage cameras, learned to develop B&W and color film in the bathroom, enlarge prints, etc.
Recently, I started to document the lifestyle of the local people in Southern Italy, with a strong focus on composition, contrast, subjectivity and people’s expressions.
Note: Most of the analog photographs have been taken with expired rolls of film, more than 20 years old. Hence the grainy texture and partial veils.
EXPOSURE
Features
I started to upload content a few months ago to my Instagram account, and to submit selected work to different platforms.
Here you can see my camera collection. Also, you can take a look at my project about rescued photos found in the cameras I collect in this link: rescuedphotos.com