tel: +1.915.588.5110
rbt.padilla@gmail.com

Age:
43
Location:
Texas, New Mexico, and Illinois.
Education:
Informal. Abbreviated. Self-taught.
I started to photograph:
At about age 10.
Cameras used:
Nikon FM2n, Nikon D200
Favorite photosensitive material:
Ilford HP5, Fomapan, Fuji Velvia
Favorite portrait photographer:
My friend, Zosia Zija.
I take photographs, because:
It's the medium by which the innefable is communicated - the way I convey my emotions and thoughts.
Dislikes:
Rudeness, unfaithful friends, materialistic people, greed, cruelty to animals.
Likes:
Languages (Russian and Polish), salmon, No. 2 pencils, drawing paper, Sharpies (fine point), tools, portable music players, good coffee and rain.
Music you are listening to:
Kings Of Leon, Explosions In The Sky, Burning Brides, John Coltrane, Maria Peszek, Radiohead.
Last movie:
Tommy
Book you last read:
Winter Count by Barry Lopez
Style
I'm a minimalist at heart, prefering to keep the tone of the photo at the level of mystery and nuance. Often, my portraits are centered around the subject's emotional state, and the backgrounds support the overall mood - never taking over - but always leading back to the people in them. In contrast, my documentary work can be gritty and forceful, and my landscapes are often muted by desaturated colours, and themes bearing the loneliness of broken towns, stark vistas, and abandoned buildings. In constrast I'm starting to use stronger colour in some images, and in many of my portraits. It all depends on what I feel about the subject and what I want to convey.