Photographer and Cinematographer Alvaro Martin Blanco was born in Bilbao, Spain. He grew up surrounded by raw, industrial structures of steel, iron, and concrete hemmed in by the Basque mountains and the Cantabrian Sea. This juxtaposition sparked his interest in documenting the relationship between architecture and its environment and led him to study fine arts and photography, earning his BFA from the University of the Basque Country.

 

In 2008, these profound interests found tangible expression in his photographic series entitled 'Ezkerraldea', which explored the process of deindustrialization and its impact in Bilbao. This work was displayed as part of the collective exhibition 'On the Road'.

 

From there, Alvaro earned a master’s degree in Cinematography in Spain and continued to develop his career in Europe, and later in the USA.

 

Alvaro combines his skill in creating compelling narratives with his passion for documenting the relationship between architecture and its surroundings to create images that tell the story and share the sense of the spaces he documents.

 

Alvaro is based in Chicago.