A whole
paradise inside photography
The first time I heard from Leo Matiz I was 13 years old.
I saw some of his art works in museums that put me if I were in a paradise inside
of them! Leo Matiz was not just a great artist; therefore, was a person who
could transfer his feelings to his work. His stairway to the top was not easy,
it was needed effort, time and sacrifice to achieve it. Leo Matiz was a dedicate-passionate artist that didn’t
consider the photography and cartoons as a job, but as his hobby and the only
way he could express himself to others. This is something that called my
attention when i was reading his biography because that means he was not a
sociable person and that is something that also happens to me nowadays. Talking
about his art work, there are some aspects that I want to stand out from him.
Although he could do awesome works as other artists, his unique style is out of someone´s league in comparison with other artists, for the reason
that he puts dedication, feelings and effort in what he is doing. This could be
something I also want to do in my life, stopping being pessimistic and start to
put effort, dedication in the things I do. Not just in school but in my daily
life. Leo´s life wasn’t that easy all the time. He fought
since his childhood to achieve his dreams and put him the top. Matiz was born
in Aracataca, 1917 in where he lived about exotic landscapes and needed to
survive with the habitants by banana cultivation. Leo found that he liked
photography and bought his first camera were he liked to take lots of pictures
of landscapes; therefore, he was invited to travel to Bogota and worked in a
photography project with El Tiempo, where
he started to show his works to other people whom like them and started to
publish them in all cities. This was the start of a new life to Leo as if he had been
reborn. I found this very interesting, just the way a simple countryman
could change his life forever; moreover, to pursue his life doing the activity
he liked. The last but not least thing I learned from Leo Matiz
was the kind of person he was. Although he was not a sociable person, he was
very kind and respectful not only with his close people but also with other
artists that did the same as him. This quality has to be admire in an artist
because this demonstrates that he is a formal person, have character, and his
respectful with others. That’s something I must recognize and learned from him,
because if I move to another country I’ll to be proud saying that in the country for
which I used to live in, has respectful and hard work people. Leo Matiz was a Colombian hard work person that
demonstrated to the world that Colombia also have good artists. His unique
style in his artworks, the way he reached the top and the kind of person he was
are not just things I admired and learned from him, but that he left to the
entire world with all his art pieces. To me he sent a message to the whole
world, “good artists can come from anywhere, the thing that values is their
qualities and effort on the things they make.”
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