I'm Alejandro Montoya , from Colombia, and I've lived in Berlin since 2015, where I completed my studies in international business with a focus on engineering. Curious and always exploring, I bought my first camera at 17, and that's where my passion for photography began.
In Berlin, I participated in two photography projects at the Volkshochschule Berlin and one project with the Ostkreuzschule, each culminating in its respective exhibition. Through these experiences, I sought to refine my photographic style and gain further experience through group work and interaction with professors.
I currently work primarily with digital photography, constantly experimenting with the shapes and patterns I encounter in my daily life. I'm particularly interested in connecting and working with people, capturing moments of absolute presence, though I also find inspiration in objects that allow me to represent the infinite richness of the present. I achieve this by "freezing time" through long exposures and double exposures.
I'm currently enrolled in Agora's diploma program in Experimental Photography , and although I haven't been as involved in recent months due to preparing for an exhibition in January, the first two months, when I was able to attend the lectures, truly amazed me. The amount of information the school has compiled is enormous, and access to the library and all the available material is truly admirable.
I've also been very impressed by how easily students can communicate with the professors ; this close relationship makes the learning process much smoother. The diploma program is very clearly organized, beginning with an introduction to various experimental techniques, then moving on to a stage where each student can delve deeper into a specialization, and progressing towards the development of a personal, guided, and supervised project, which gives the process a lot of meaning.
Although my attention has been divided at the moment, the experience I have had so far has been very valuable and has left me wanting to delve deeper.
Falling into the present (2025)
Sometimes, time loses its usual meaning: it disappears. Someone dances—and suddenly there is no past, no future, only this single instant.
Thoughts quiet down, the body moves on its own. Everything becomes simple. In those moments, a special presence arises—a profound, infinite being.
These images capture precisely that: the transition from thinking to FEELING, from doing to BEING — fully inhabiting the here and now.
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