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Adventures of a Venezuelan photographer living in London.

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My photo of Manuel Rangel (@manuelmaracas) is published today in one of Venezuela's newspapers with most distribution. @eluniversal It's also on their website! 🔥

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This great article was published at @contrapuntovzla about my buddy @manuelmaracas the photography is all by yours truly (@lybero) 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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A Portrait of Manuel, the God of the Maracas! Finally I get to publish this photo that we took in 2016. Rewind to July 2016, we attended a concert of a Venezuelan ensemble called Maku. During the concert, I noticed the musician playing the Maracas. As a Venezuelan, I'm used to hearing this instrument, it is always an entertaining instrument to watch, but as familiar as I can be with the maracas, when you see Manuel playing them, you know you are witnessing an extraordinary talent. As Maku was playing through their set, I saw the picture that I wanted to make. At the end of the concert I approache Manuel (Manuel Rangel), introduced myself and told him that I wanted to shoot a portrait of him. We spoke for about 30 minutes and planned a shoot for a couple of days later. On the day of the shoot, Once I had my light dialled in, I went ahead and fired a few test shots using multiple exposures on the camera. When Manuel saw it on the back of the camera he was freaking out. On the spot, he told me this photo would be the cover of his book. A secret project that he had been working on for more than 4 years. Today, more than a year later, Manuel announced his project to the world. He is publishing the very first method ever written to teach Maracas and to write musically the instrument! I have the honour to have shot the cover of this book! Manuel and I are really good friends now. A friendship born because of this portrait. Manuel is an incredible musician, and also a real ambassador of the Venezuelan values, our culture and our music. Thanks for allowing me to be part of this project, but most importantly, thanks for your friendship! I'm happy that I can now share this photo with you! (at Bolivar Hall)

[lybero]

Found a kickass location today with great light! Will be coming back here!

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No suelo hacer reposts, pero ahi va este! #Repost @pollobrito (@get_repost) ・・・ La cosa fue así: 4 de la tarde, hora #Londres, llega @lybero y me dice "Quítate el paltó, déjate el chaleco y vente pa'cá". Cuando llego al set donde me va a tomar la foto, set improvisado en el camerino que estaba al lado de donde yo iba a tocar, en el @AFC_Wimbledon, veo que lo que hay es una silla vieja con una tela negra atrás y una escoba de un lado. Era una cosa loca jajajja Yo pregunto "¿Y las fotos van a ser aquí?" "Sí", me dijo él. Bueno, él me ve sin accionar la cámara, mueve el reflector, lo inclina un poco y me dice "Dale, que voy a probar la luz" Yo le digo "Pero voy a hacer la pose más bella que tiene @leorondon4" y me lancé. Con una sola foto dijo "Listo, seguimos", y en los próximos cinco minutos me hizo una sesión de retratos que poco a poco irán viendo por aquí. Estoy tan orgulloso de ser amigo de @lybero y su esposa, @absolutlis, porque son increíbles. Gracias por estas fotos ¡Que se repita! Y hasta bonito salí #HeDicho

[lybero]

The situation in my country (Venezuela), pushed me out of it, 10 years ago. In those 10 years I've missed many things, including the birth of my niece Emma. She arrived in London 2 months ago, and we've been doing some serious catching up. As a side note, for me, most of my own family portraits tell a story about what I left behind, they feel nostalgic. (at Mayfield Lavender Field)

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Rafael @pollobrito anda por el mundo con su cuatro y su alegria recordandonos a los Venezolanos lo sabroso de nuestra musica! Cualquiera diria que ser nominado al grammy 3 veces y ganartelo una vez, haría que se te suban "los humos a la cabeza". Pero el Pollo es tan sencillo como el cam-bur-pin-ton. Gracias por traernos alegría y recordarnos, que es precisamente cuando estamos mas tristes que es necesario reir y cantar mas duro! Esta foto es parte de una colaboración que hicimos durante su ultima estadia en Londres! Nos vemos la próxima #puyalo #pollobrito #venezuela🇻🇪 (at London, United Kingdom)

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Portraits of #pride2017

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Kevin is a programmer, musician/composer, a hobbyist cryptologist and now will become a published author. I was comissioned to make a portrait for his upcoming book. While this isn't the photo that is going to be used, it is one that I really, really, really liked from our shoot. Can you guess the lighting setup for this? . . . . . . . . . . . -------- #portraits #portrait #portraits_ig #pixel_ig #portraiture #expofilm3k #portrait_perfection #portraitstyles_gf #bravoportraits #portraits_universe #featurepalette #bleachmyfilm #portraitmood #featurepalette  #rsa_portraits #makeportraits #profile_vision #top_portraits #igersstpete #life_portraits #postthepeople #quietthechaos #2instagood #way2ill #justgoshoot #artofvisuals #l0tsabraids #ftwotw #igPodium_portraits #portraitgames

[lybero]

Hoy rompo el silencio en este timeline por una buena noticia! Celebro con orgullo que uno de los temas de mi pana @badengoyo estara en el último disco del maestro @ruben.blades Baden es uno de esos Venezolanos que deja nuestro nombre y gentilicio bien alto! Tuve el honor de trabajar juntos y hacerle este retrato hace tan solo unas semanas! Gracias Baden por representarnos y por darnos esta buena noticia en medio de tanta oscuridad!

[lybero]

Tenemos años siendo el cuerpo diplomático de la Venezuela con la que soñamos. Ahí hemos estado siempre, explicándole al mundo, en perfecto ingles, aleman, italiano, frances, mandarin, portugues, ruso, Danés, nuestra lucha. Somos los embajadores del Amarillo, Azul y Rojo. Somos los que “estamos ausentes pero siempre presentes”. Somos la silla vacía en las cenas de navidad, somos la cerveza que no se abre en las parrillas. Somos los tíos y tías, los hermanos, hijas y sobrinos en las pequeñas pantallas de las computadoras, celulares y tabletas. Somos la torta de cumpleaños que no se pica juntos. Somos el bautizo que solo vimos las fotos. Somos los que le mostramos al mundo que un Venezolano es sinonimo de creatividad, de honestidad, de trabajo fuerte, de pasión, de compromiso, de inteligencia. Todos valores, que la dictadura nos quiere hacer creer que no tenemos. Hoy en la distancia, te lloramos, te defendemos, te apoyamos. Estamos lejos, pero no te abandonamos. De esta vamos a salir! En la distancia, Ausentes, pero siempre presentes!

[lybero]

Mu buddy and i fluencer @giovanni_patiti at his best in London! Looking forward to shooting again together. (at London, United Kingdom)

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This photo got 5k likes within the first hour of being posted on aphil's timeline! We have some cool projects together coming in a few days! @philbottenberg nailed this photo 👊 (at London, United Kingdom)

[lybero]

You can find the most incredible locations in london for street portraits. Model: Dalis (at London, United Kingdom)

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Dalis (at London, United Kingdom)

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Part of the photoshoot with Milan based model, influencer and overall cool dude @giovanni_patiti (at London, United Kingdom)

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The peace and quiet of this photo doesn't tell what was happening around. The metropolitan police is dealing with a terrorist attack in westminster. There are police boats on the Thames on my right, the street on my left is being evacuated and closed because it leads to the parliament. There are helicopters flying and ambulances everywhere. However this woman is decides to walk her dog in Westminster direction. Maybe she hasn't found out yet! #london #westminster #parliament #cnn #news @cnnireport (at Westminster)