Flamenco
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- Flamenco
- Flamenco: Landscape of its Soul
Gilles Larrain went on a two-week trip to Andalusia in 1983 to photograph flamenco for GEO magazine. He ended up staying for two months in the attic of La Carboneria—a flamenco venue in Seville — as guest to the owner, Paco Lira, a kind of godfather to the flamenco world. The photos of “flamenco: Landscapes of its Soul” are the result of Gilles’ endless nights at the Carboneria and his trips with Paco to the homes of some of flamenco’s legendary families. Others were taken at Gilles’ SOHO studio where he continues to photograph flamenco artists that come to New York. Gilles’ one-of-a-kind gelatin silver prints document major contemporary flamenco artists off stage in intimate settings. His photos capture the privileged studio moment and explore the visual aesthetics of flamenco that reflect the austere beauty of the Andalusian landscape.
Through Gilles’ lens, we enter the inner circle of families and catch a glimpse at the hidden world where flamenco exists for its own sake, where spontaneous outbursts of song, dance and guitar playing are intermingled with the daily course of life.
A flamenco guitarist himself, Gilles has hosted countless flamenco or jam sessions at his SOHO studio where he invites musicians from all over the world. Gilles prints all of his photographs himself in series of very limited editions. “Flamenco: Landscapes of its Soul” is a work-in-progress. Gilles plans on photographing more flamenco artists in Spain and at his studio in New York for the future publication of a book.
Trina Bardusco, New York City, 2001 
Olives trees Sevilla 1983
Belen Maya Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
Belen Maya Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
Potito, Changuito la Carboneria Sevilla 1983
Jose de la Tomasa Sevilla 1983- Bacan family Lebrija 1983
- Jose de la Tomasa la Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Chocolate la Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Nino Jero and family Sevilla 1983
- Pedro Bacan and son Lebrija 1983
- La Perrata and her son El Lebrijano Lebrija 1983
- Potito and his father Changuito La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Maria Pages Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
- Tia Juana la del Pipa and family Sevilla 1983
- Fernanda Romero Sevilla 1983
- La Perrata and her son El Lebrijano in their home Lebrija 1983
- La Repompa and Raquel Heredia her daughter Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
- Santiago del Campo in his studio Sevilla 1983
- Mario Maya Sevilla 1983
- El Cabrero Sevilla 1983
- Rafael Riqueni Sevilla 1983
- El Cabrero with his goats and helper Sevilla1983
- El Chocolate La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Cristina Hoyos La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- El Farruco and Carmen Segura Sevilla 1983
- Fernanda Romero Sevilla 1983
- La Repompa, Raquel and Luis Heredia Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
- Angelita Gomez and Manuel Morao Sevilla 1983
- Diego Castellon Gilles Larrain Studio 1995
- Mario Maya Sevilla 1983
- Eiko Takahashi bailaora Sevilla 1983
- Rafael Jimenez Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
- La Tia Juana la del Pipa and family Sevilla 1983
- La Perrata and her son El Lebrijano in their home Lebrija 1983
- Manuel Morao Sevilla 1983
- Mario Maya Troupe Sevilla 1983
- Nati Romero Sevilla 1983
- Fernada Romero and family in her home Sevilla 1983
- Juana la del Revuelo La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Jose de la Tomasa and friends Sevilla 1983
- El Cabrero Sevilla 1983
- Nino Jero and family Sevilla 1983
- Luis Caballero, Luis Postigo, Naranjito de Triana and Paco Lira. La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- Sara Erdes Gilles Larrain Studio 1996
- Pedro Bacan Gilles Larrain Studio 1988
- Diego del Gastor and Morito Montoya Moron 1983
- Eva Yerbabuena Gilles Larrain Studio 2003
- Soledad Barrios Martinez Glles Larrain Studio NYC 1995
- Gypsy Kings Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 1988
- Pepe Romero Sevilla 1983
- Daniel Casares Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 2005
- Fernanda and Nati Romero Sevilla 1983
- Antonio El Pipa Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 2006
- Rafael de Utrera Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 2004
- Juana la del Revuelo La Carboneria Sevilla 1983
- David Serva Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 1996
- Carmen Segura and El Farruco Sevilla 1983
- El Farruco and Carmen Segura Sevilla 1983
- Calixto Sanchez and guitarist Manolo Franco, Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 1998
- Pedro Cortez Gilles Larrain Studio NYC 1996
- Luis Agujetas and Gilles Larrain at the guitar Gilles Larrain Studio 2003
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