BEB (Benidorm Electric Blue)
La canción de Los del Rio siempre nos ha contado que Sevilla tiene un color especial (por cierto, aún no sé cual es). A Benidorm, que también tiene un “color especial”, se lo encontré rápido: El azul eléctrico.
Mas allá del turismo guiri y de los viajes del IMSERSO, Benidorm desprende alegría, luz y color en todos sus rincones. El Sol del Levante y el Mediterráneo, son los principales culpables de todo ello. En este contexto de vacaciones casi infinitas, es donde el azul eléctrico está omnipresente. En las calles, en los edificios, en los carteles, en las vestimentas, por supuesto en el cielo y en el mar. Todo es azul. Azul embriagador. Mi mirada, rendida, se dejó seducir por el azul, en parte porque escapar de él es tarea casi imposible. Fruto de ese embrujo casi dictatorial nacen las imágenes de esta serie.
The song from Los del Rio* has always told us that Seville has a special color (by the way, I still do not know which one it is). From Benidorm, which also has a "special color", I found it very quickly: The electric blue.
Beyond the “guiri”* tourism and IMSERSO* travellers, Benidorm gives off joy, light and color in all its corners. The Sun of the Levant and the Mediterranean sea, are the main guilties of all this. In this context of almost infinite vacations, is where the electric blue is omnipresent. In the streets, in the buildings, in the posters, in the clothes and of course in the sky and in the sea. Everything is blue. My surrendered look, was seduced by the blue, mainly because escape from it is almost an impossible task. The images of this serie were born from this almost dictatorial charm.
*Los del Río: Spanish musical duo characterized by its flamenco style of flamenco pop and flamenco rumba.
*Guiri: Colloquial term to refer to foreign tourists.
*IMSERSO: Institute of Seniors and Social Services of the Government of Spain.
Mas allá del turismo guiri y de los viajes del IMSERSO, Benidorm desprende alegría, luz y color en todos sus rincones. El Sol del Levante y el Mediterráneo, son los principales culpables de todo ello. En este contexto de vacaciones casi infinitas, es donde el azul eléctrico está omnipresente. En las calles, en los edificios, en los carteles, en las vestimentas, por supuesto en el cielo y en el mar. Todo es azul. Azul embriagador. Mi mirada, rendida, se dejó seducir por el azul, en parte porque escapar de él es tarea casi imposible. Fruto de ese embrujo casi dictatorial nacen las imágenes de esta serie.
The song from Los del Rio* has always told us that Seville has a special color (by the way, I still do not know which one it is). From Benidorm, which also has a "special color", I found it very quickly: The electric blue.
Beyond the “guiri”* tourism and IMSERSO* travellers, Benidorm gives off joy, light and color in all its corners. The Sun of the Levant and the Mediterranean sea, are the main guilties of all this. In this context of almost infinite vacations, is where the electric blue is omnipresent. In the streets, in the buildings, in the posters, in the clothes and of course in the sky and in the sea. Everything is blue. My surrendered look, was seduced by the blue, mainly because escape from it is almost an impossible task. The images of this serie were born from this almost dictatorial charm.
*Los del Río: Spanish musical duo characterized by its flamenco style of flamenco pop and flamenco rumba.
*Guiri: Colloquial term to refer to foreign tourists.
*IMSERSO: Institute of Seniors and Social Services of the Government of Spain.