Elizabethan Times

This lovely girl is on her way to perform his part in the Merchant of Venice at the Globe Theatre in London. The theatre is a jewel in the midst of the city, away from the hustle and bustle of the vast commerce and influenced only by the plays of The Bard, Monsieur Shakespeare himself. The site stands where it was 400 years ago and it was built using the original plans. The crowd mingles with the actors and vice versa, the atmosphere is very informal and the open roof allows the tender summer night to descend onto the space unnoticed.

The Globe Theatre, London

The actors finish their Merchant of Venice

Recordando a Néstor Almendros

Uno de los más prestigiosos directores de fotografía de cine y representante artístico de la Nueva Ola del cine francés. Su obra sobrevive en películas que hoy ya empiezan a tener ese aire de lo clásico e imperecedero.

Nestor Almendros was a superb director of photography who imparted his vision of beauty to a handful of contemporary movie productions, in America and Europe. He grew up in Cuba, having been born in Barcelona of Catalonian parents. His imprint in the Nouvelle Vague, in France, made him a necessary photographer for many great film directors.
Sadly, he died in March 1992.
This portrait was taken in the lobby of the Castro Theatre, the fabulous cinema house in San Francisco, during the premiere of his documentary "Improper Conduct", where he denounced Fidel Castro's treatment of gays in Cuba.

Néstor Almendros, San Francisco, Calif. 1984
©Lalo Borja

Billy Childish, poet, painter, musician

Billy Childish, whose name is a contradiction, if we judge the intensity of his paintings, has the affable demeanor of a gentleman on a Sunday date for tea, in the proverbial English garden. He has the ubiquity of the chameleon and the steely gaze of the self-assured accomplished artist.

Whitstable, June 2007

Paul Elliot, painter, Whitstable

Paul Elliott has the pulse of a secret vein in the surreal world that surrounds him. His small canvases are populated by strange concoctions which mix crazy text and even crazier visuals to project a sometimes surprising twisted sanity.

The Fulton Street Rockers

Sahara and Lalo rehearsing for the concert that was not seen by anyone except the photographer.

Madre, mi vieja, Abril del 2000

La extraordinaria madre con que los dioses bendijeron mi llegada al mundo, sentada junto a la ventana en su cumpleaños número 78.
Este retrato fue tomado en Cali unos meses antes de partir rumbo a la desconocida Inglaterra,