Jorge Yeregui
Santander, Spain, 1975
Atajos, 2015
Installation. Dimensions variable . 551 photographs. 102 x 136 ea.
Digital laser printing with chemical development (Noritsu QSS 3201). Paper RC Kodak Endura Premier E
Unique (1P.A.)
Acquired 2016
Trained as an architect, Jorge Yeregui then embraced a career in the field of photography, although he keeps close ties with architecture as a teacher and researcher. The subject of his photographic work, which he usually unfolds as visual essays, also originates from his training and continued research: core to it is his keen observation of urban settings and gardens, as well as landscapes that have been altered by human activity. A new kind of nature emerges, and particularly so when all kinds of life forms re-occupy a territory once claimed by humans and left in dissaray.
Atajos (shortcuts, or interceptions) consists of a series of over 500 small analog photographs which compose a larger abstract image, almost like pixels form a digital image. Upon close examination, each picture depicts a site where a projected real estate development never came to fruition. The result is a landscape of empty plots of land connected by a network of roads and all kinds of infrastructure usually built before buildings.