Hello
I'm Gavin. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and my family is Mexican and Colombian. I am 18 years old and currently majoring in Media Arts Production at Emerson College in Boston. There's a little bit more about me down below!
Photography
I have grown up surrounded by lots of kinds of art. My mom loves any soul music, and my dad loves latin music. I naturally inherited a mix of both, plus more rock and indie material. My dad also used to do a lot of photography on his free time and any time he traveled. I remember being so amazed by his camera when I was little. Then, right around when COVID started (I was in 7th grade), I began going on walks with him and doing street photography on our phones. My parents gifted me a camera for my birthday and I have been shooting ever since. It first started with cool cars and pretty looking flowers, but then I began to evolve what I captured. More and more, I was drawn to people. Especially in street photography. While there are some questions of ethics, I think the most valuable piece to me is the moment where a subject looks at the camera fully unguarded, vulnerable, raw emotion. It is only for a split second. But when I capture it, trust me it is the best feeling in the world. That's what I look for, that split second, and hopefully through my photography you can feel the moment as well!
Film
I expanded my world from photography to film as well a year after I started (8th grade). I used my tiny camera to shoot a short film noir for a school project, and it ended up sparking an interest in a whole new world of production. I was obsessed, and I still am, but even more. Yet I still find myself chasing that same feeling in my cinematography as I do in a photograph. Emotion. While capturing that is a bit trickier in a scripted environment, I do what I can to preserve beautiful but authentic images that don't pull the viewer out of the story; rather immerse them even more. I trust my instinct, just like in photography, and keep an open mind to trying new ideas. On top of that, I am a huge camera nerd and a sponge for technical information, which doesn't hurt considering I am working at a camera rental house and am an aspiring DP. I know I still have so much to learn, especially at Emerson College (I would hope so I'm going to school for it), and this website is a record of my growth as an artist. So, enjoy!