Martín Weber's photographs are about hope and the wish for uplifting change. Weber engages his subjects by asking them to write their dearest wish on a small blackboard. What would improve their lives? What do they dream about? Their answers express basic human needs, including health, companionship, jobs, and transportation. He then incorporates the blackboard into a portrait of his sitter, set against the backdrop of his or her everyday life. Weber considers his work a collaboration with those who share their dreams with him, one that draws out a highly personal view of the human condition. Born in Buenos Aires in 1968, Martín Weber graduated from the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires and completed a degree in combined arts at the Universidad de Buenos Aires. His approach to photography was developed under the tutelage of Horacio Coppola in 1986. Weber studied at the International Center of Photography, New York in 1993, and has participated in workshops led by prominent photographers, including Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin, Mary Ellen Mark, and Joel Peter Witkin. Since 1989, he has participated in group and one-person exhibitions in Argentina, the United States, and Cuba. In 1996, Weber was awarded a grant from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes, and in 1998, he received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation to continue his Suenos Conmigo [Dreams with Me] series in Cuba and Mexico. Back to Main Page Next Artist Previous Artist

Translation: "I wish my son gets cured" Translation: "many horses" Translation: "to be a model" Translation: "I ask for a car" Translation: "to be a soccer coach" All images are Untitled from the series Suenos Conmigo [Dreams with Me], and are gelatin silver prints.