In The Air

En El Aire ( In The Air). Is a photography book published in 2024. Composed by triptychs as photographic document of Covid pandemic in Paraguay. The text that accompanied each triptych is taken from others historic pandemic.

From the first day the Covid-19 plague was declared in Paraguay (March 16, 2020) and for the two years it lasted, I went out to photograph practically every day. Taking advantage of the rare privilege of not having to abide by the lockdown, I walked through empty streets, markets and supply stores, hospitals and cemeteries, prisons, temporary shelters, and schools. The first thing I thought, as a reflex, was that if others couldn't do it, then my work of observing and sharing images of reality would be more important than ever. As the crisis was global, there was also a sense of responsibility, that of showing Paraguay to the entire world. The media everywhere published thousands of photographs, including mine. "In the Air" is just that, the account of the things I saw during that time, a time when loneliness was no stranger to me. JS August 2023