The Argentine gallery Studio 488 will present until March 22 the exhibition Lila, the story of a little girl told by the photographer Maximiliano Matayoshi..
We see Lila’s life as a little girl, as she plays, studies and pedals her bike down dirt roads. We discover her private live, her house, her family and her horses. The photographer has always known Lila. He was there for her first steps, her first laugh, her first fall. And already Lila no longer looks like a little girl. She’s almost a woman. With this project, Matayoshi questions the ephemeral, elusive nature of childhood, which is over all too quickly.
Matayoshi was born in Buenos Aires in 1979. An award-winning short story writer, he discovered photography at the age of 16 when his father gave him his first camera. After abandoning photography to focus on writing, he began taking pictures again in 2007 with Nacho Iasparra, then with Guillermo Ueno until 2012. Studio 488, hoping to open its doors to young photographers, has given him the opportunity to exhibit his work on Lila.
Céline Chevallier
« Lila »
Photographs by Maximiliano Matayoshi
Until March 22nd, 2013
Studio 488
Patio del Liceo ( local 31)
Sante Fe 2729
Buenos Aires
Argentina
