One Frame 03: Señor… | Diego Leon Bethencourt

This image is of the magnificent cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. There are few words to describe the scale of the building and the daunting feeling one gets standing at the staircase of its entrance. Its colossal size stands over the city of Santiago, controlling and observing it.

When photographing the building I tried to show this, to compare the size of the columns and the towers to the figure of the man in the corner. You would be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed him.

Religion and faith built this over 700 years ago but no God was responsible for setting each stone in place. It was the people of Santiago who dedicated their lives to creating this piece of art: perhaps a man just like the one that passes by in the frame, almost not noticing what is right by his side, to him the cathedral is simply a daily view.

The title of the image takes on the ambiguity of this admiration, whether it should be placed on the Lord (El Señor) or simply just an ordinary man (un señor) who may pass by us without noticing.

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About Diego

He/him

Diego is a Spanish Photographer and Microbiology student based in Cork, Ireland.

His work often explores feelings of nostalgia and reflections of common life and his traditional Spanish upbringing. Diego is also the photography curator for Disobedient.

Instagram: @diegoscopia / https://www.flickr.com/photos/thediegoleon