The Dark Rooms of... Xavier Buendia

The Dark Rooms of... is an interview series in which a photographer talks about his or her darkrooms, the digital and the mental, or technical and inspirational. What makes you click?

In this edition of The Dark Rooms of… we focus on Mexican lifestyle & food photographer Xavier Buendia.

By the way, if you haven’t read the previous 8 interviews, you can find them in the archive.

Here we go.

Who are you?

Hi, I’m Xavier Buendia, I am 41 and I’m a photographer originally from Mexico City now established in Brighton, U.K. since 2009. 

I work full time as a freelance photographer for the food and lifestyle industry and on my free time I like to work on personal projects and series.

Also, I do some teaching and mentoring for emerging photographers and artists who either want to start a commercial career or feel that they’re stuck in their career and need a different perspective.

Before we start,  I want to thank you, Marcel for giving the opportunity to be on this space!

Technical

Do you think technique is important?

Yes, absolutely!  At least to me, to the work I produce and the work I like to look at but it’s not essential though. Photography it’s a melting pot of ingredients thr…