Biography:
Born in Mexico City in 1968, Ernesto Ramírez studied journalism in UNAM and has attended several photography courses in the "Nacho López” school and Centro de la Imagen. For 15 years, he has worked as a photojournalist in several newspapers and magazines, among them, La Jornada, Milenio, El Independiente, La Revista and El Centro. He has participated in many exhibitions and has published photos in nine books. He has been a fellow of CONACULTA in three occasions and was selected for the INBA-CONACULTA photo biennale three times. His most recent work Arqueologia Urbana won the 2006 "Fernando Benitez" Prize for Cultural Journalism, and will be exhibited this year in Fototeca de Veracruz, Centro Fotográfico Álvarez Bravo and Centro de la Imagen.
Statement:
Close to heaven
Flat roofs are for architects a simple layer of concrete. For the rest of the people they are a lot more. They can be a stage where the most intimate things about them is hang to dry for everyone to see, they might be an extension of the house where all of our nostalgic junk is stored.
This work explores a territory that for many, goes back to their childhood memories. Who can not remember the flat roof as a hiding place or make out spot?
To reach the roof is to be closer to heaven, to dominate the city with our eyes and feel unique.
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