My first hikes through the slopes and valleys of the Andes of Central Chile were a milestone in my life and made me the keen nature lover and environmental observer I am today. Yet I also enjoy the strong character of Chilean towns and villages, where the bonds between people and their surroundings are evident and the beauty of simplicity is in the air. I plead guilty to being an ardent defender of Chile’s natural and cultural heritage.

After taking a civil engineering degree in 1989 I chose photography, my overriding passion, instead. I wanted to photograph Chile in order to convey and share my feelings about it. My first book, a long cherished dream, was published in 1993. Several years and books later, I still feel as though so much remains to be done.