When the Call Comes
To be a photojournalist
Things are moving again.
No noise around it, no need for that. Just work. Real assignments. The kind that put you back in your place, in the field, where decisions actually matter.
I won’t say what they are. Not yet. Despite in the photograph you have a small preview from the Monterrey work.Honestly, I don’t feel the need to share everything as it happens. This constant urge to announce, to preview, to turn the process into content… it has nothing to do with the way I see photography.
What matters is being there.
Because when someone calls you to work, it’s not casual. It’s not “let’s see what happens.” They’re choosing your eyes. Your instinct. Your way of getting close to something that is not yours.
That’s a responsibility. And also a kind of pressure I actually look for.
Lately I’ve been around football again. And the more I stay in that environment, the less I care about the match itself.
The action is obvious. Predictable, in a way. Everyone is looking there. Everyone is producing the same images.
What interests me is everything else.
The silence before things start. The people who are never framed. The stories behind football. The gestures that last a second and disappear. The ones who work, wait, carry, watch. The ones who will never be part of the “main story” but are, in reality, the story.
That’s where things get uncomfortable, and that’s exactly the point.
Because you have to slow down. You have to go against the current. You have to accept that maybe you won’t come back with the “expected” picture. But if you do it right, you come back with something that has weight.
Not spectacle. Presence.
And that’s the only thing I’m interested in right now.
These assignments, the recent ones and the ones coming next, are a confirmation. Not in an ego sense. More in a very simple, grounded way: this is still working. This way of seeing, this way of being inside situations, still has a place.
And I don’t take that lightly.
Being a professional photographer is not about visibility. It’s not about constantly showing up online. It’s about being ready when it counts. Delivering when it’s not easy. Holding your position when everything pushes you to do the obvious thing.
I’ve built this over years. Slowly. Without shortcuts.
So when the phone rings, I go.
No overthinking. No hesitation.
Just work.
More soon.
