My entry for PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART CONTEST WEEK #037 (PowerUp 100%)

Spanish

Este es mi amigo José Luis. Amigo de la infancia en nuestra Barcelona natal, de jugar cuando éramos niños en la calle, de jóvenes en la escuela de artes y de adultos en la isla de Ibiza. Hace unos años él decidió irse a vivir a los Pirineos, a un pequeño pueblo de la parte central de la cordillera, donde tiene un horno de pan y otras maravillas pasteleras. La distancia no ha sido óbice para que nos sigamos viendo, él viene a la isla y yo subo a las montañas una vez al año.

Esta foto la tomé en la visita del año pasado justo antes de que nos confinaran y esta hecha en la Estación Internacional de Canfranc, que ha estado más de 50 años abandonada y presentaba esta imagen decadente, aunque eso sí, muy potente. Poco tiempo después de hacer la foto empezaron a restaurar los edificios y dependencias de la estación.

English

This is my friend José Luis. We both hail from Barcelona, we grew up at the same neighbourhood, we played in the streets as children, as youngsters at art school and as adults on the island of Ibiza. A few years ago he decided to move to the Pyrenees, to a small village in the central part of the mountain range, where he has a bread oven and other marvellous pastries. The distance has not prevented us from seeing each other, he comes to the island every once in a while and I go up to the mountains once a year.

I took this photo during last year's visit just before we were confined and it was taken at the International Station of Canfranc, which has been abandoned for more than 50 years and presented this decadent, although very powerful, image.Shortly after the photo was taken, they started to reshape the station buildings and outbuildings.Shortly after the photo was taken, work began on restoring the station buildings and outbuildings.Shortly after the photo was taken, the restoration of the station buildings and outbuildings began.

Translated from Spanish with www.DeepL.com/Translator and some personal contributions.