Monday

Monday is a series of images of domestic hopes and dreams. The duality of Monday is, for some, the beginning of the unbearable reality of responsibilities that invariably hits every week. Our reality, more than chosen, sometimes seems to have been silently selected for us by the society. Some of the people I portrayed have already followed their dreams. Most of them, however, are stuck in their lives, unable to change the way things are. The economical crisis has left many of us with work conditions that seem to get tougher every day. We are asked to give more for less while at the same time, the gap between the rich and poor is getting wider. For some, finding a job becomes the hardest job of all. In the pictures, the allegory of water is visible, being a symbol of purity and cleanness. The intention has been to reflect metaphorically the instant when a person washes away all the feelings accumulated during the day and to show the impossibility to forget who we are and where we are coming from. The fear of future, uncertainty and frustration are some of the feelings these people are trying to wash away although finding it impossible to escape the reality. The pictures have their foundations in the everyday life of the people I meet. I am interested in the real context. I have looked for people to portray who have identified themselves with the project. All the people portrayed are wearing their own clothes, are on their own showers or photographed on their workplace or way home left with the bare feelings of having survived another Monday.