When I met Diego in dec 2012 in LA he is one of the finalists of the casting series The Voice of America and just started working on his first Album with George Pajon from Black eyed peas. We became friends and went on a trip to Palm Springs together with Marcello Pisu. I worked with him on both, video and photography and the results of these unique moments become a part of my exhibition in september 2013 at The Empire Project. My short movie” Finding the muse” is screened in my solo show. I am more than happy, that I meet up with Diego again and again. This time to celebrate christmas together and of course to make another shooting.

When we had the christmas dinner at Soho house LA, he tells me how much had changed since last year. The album of his band Sons of Mariel is successfully released and Diego is about to leave the States for a few month to Peru where he originally comes from.

What a precious friend, his eyes that look at you like a child, curious, without a bad thought in his mind. When I asked him to make some shots in the unheated pool, he agrees but regrets it right away when he jumps inside.