Tarek Ode

Tarek Ode is a very special photographer to me. We met many years ago through the lenses of his camera, yet at the time when the digital photography was at its infancy. He was making his living out of working for a model agency and I was starting with an unstable career as a model.

His photographic work is remarkably mysterious. He travels often and each visit to another hemisphere inspires him to create a new series. Landscapes or interiors are often his themes. He has also produced a series of portraits: “Ciudadanos”. One way or another, his images are always presented to us within a dream-like atmosphere. His images ask to be recognised as geography for themselves, as a proposal of the world for the world.

He doesn’t restrain his field of creation to the photography itself. In between other projects, he has also directed two short films. He filmed “La Spirale” in Paris, with which he won the price to the best photography in the Festival Ateneo en Corto -Spain- and got to be finalist in the Cinema Festival of Tapiales, in Argentina.

He has received many grants and has been published in various art magazines and catalogues. His work has been shown in places like Barcelona, Paris, Croatia, Belgium, Argentina and New
York.

"Escritos romanos"

He is currently living and working in Tenerife. If you like to know more about his work check out his website:

http://www.tarekode.com/