DO WHAT YOU WANT: WORDS OF FREEDOM FROM COLOMBIAN PHOTOGRAPHER ALEX MEJIA

Originally posted January, 2012. All photos courtesy of Alex Mejia.

DO WHAT YOU WANT.
"Words of freedom! "Do what you want" is a phrase that I use constantly in my photo shoots. I like that every woman is free to express themselves, so fails to connect with them and find better results."

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Can you give us a behind the scenes look and describe the circumstances and the inspiration of the above <<jumping>> photo?



(laughing) It was a great experience and I had fun, Maria C. is a great artist. She is a dancer and actress, was in her apartment doing some pictures for a magazine and half of the session she started doing stunts on the bed, then we get a connection because I was also an incredible dancer, my assistant took a photograph of both of us jumping on the bed and laughing a lot. I made several shots of Maria C. and that was the picture selected for the magazine. The comments by the editors and the director were excellent and they really liked the image to the public.

Looking back from when you began to where you are now, how has photography changed your life?



It took ten years of taking pictures. When I was in college I liked portraying ballet dancers; I like body language --its plasticity and its harmony. With years I found a fascination with women and gradually I understood why we attract many men. "Curiosity". Every woman is different and some feel a strong connection, a woman curious about what drives me to pursue and find answers as man and artist.

Could you tell me about the stunning Fuerza Bruta series?



It was another great experience of 2010. Weeks before I had made the pictures with Cirque du Soleil Quidam, Natalia Jerez is an actress of my country and had managed to contact the organizers Fuerza Bruta and allowed to air photos of the pool, which is the main spectacle of the show. I feel fortunate to have had the opportunity as many artists tried but had not been lucky. They provided the facilities for an hour and we could do what we wanted. The technical team of the show was available to us, the condition was that an artist of the show was with the actress.

Are you optimistic about the future?



Very positive, I live my life day by day always learning new things, the future is very uncertain and I do not know what awaits us tomorrow. I dare say only that we ourselves construct our future.

THANK YOU. NEVER QUIT.