Eduardo Chacon
Where do you live: South Florida
Your education: New England School of Photography
Describe your art in three words: Honest. Simple. Universal.
You describe your practice as “seeking beauty in the interstices of the human condition.” Can you elaborate on what this means to you in a photographic context?
Our modern lives have become hectic to such an extent that we have forgotten to truly appreciate the small quotidian moments that allow us to savor them. Those bits of time are the ones I try to capture in my photographs, in order to depict the humanity in every one of us.
After a successful career in commercial photography, what prompted your return to documentary and Humanist Photography?
I ran my commercial photography studio for about 34 years, and had already been retired for over 10, but once a photographer, always a photographer…
The urge to go back to wander the world with my camera was always there.
Eduardo Chacon | Corpus Gelati | 2023
Your images are captured entirely in-camera with manual focus and settings. Why is this approach important to you in today’s digital world?
I try to create my photographs in-camera in order to honor the moments that I see when I capture them.
It is a slower process, but it allows me to take the time to see the story, compose it, and then shoot it.
Besides B&W conversion and basic levels adjustments, I rarely do anything else to my images.
Only when I envision a scene in a square format, or when there is something truly visually offensive in it, I proceed to crop it or retouch out the offending element of the image.
Eduardo Chacon | Gazing At Dusk | 2022
How do you approach your subjects when capturing candid moments? Do you ever engage with them, or prefer to remain unnoticed?
I roam around looking for spontaneous visual situations, trying to read stories in the subject’s faces and their body expressions.
Since spontaneity and truthfulness to the moment are essential to my storytelling, previous to the capture, I never engage with anyone or anything I shoot.
Eduardo Chacon | Hangover Bros | 2023
What role does black-and-white play in your visual storytelling?
I envision my stories in shades of grey only.
In my opinion, black and white has a unique quality that helps the story transcend the image.
How do your travels—both local and abroad—influence your vision and photographic narrative?
Traveling definitely helps broadening one’s views on different cultures but, the more I travel, the more I realize that, for as different as all world cultures may seem, fundamentally as individuals, we are all equal.
Eduardo Chacon | Please Stay | 2022
What do you hope viewers take away from your photographs?
Hopefully, my images will help the viewers realize that their most important connection is not their Internet connection, but instead, their human connection.
Could you tell us about your upcoming exhibition at the Boca Museum and what visitors can expect from it?
The name of the exhibition is “Postcards From Nowhere”. It will open on November 19, 2025 until March 8, 2026 at the Boca Raton Museum Of Art.
It is a collection of intimate images taken in various locations around the world.
We are expecting visitors of all ages, hoping that the older attendants can reminisce and get reacquainted with Humanist Photography, and the younger ones get introduced to the style.
Eduardo Chacon | Restin’ Peace | 2023
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