It is an insect that I usually see very often despite being very small, [and] it is really fragile which makes it very difficult to photograph. I finally got it and decided to do it in black and white, although most of my macro projects are in color.

The buzzing mosquito with its pretty feather duster in its hair, hence its Latin name chironomus plumosus, can even remind us of that endearing character Rosy from Fraggle Rock.

Well, I am passionate about extreme macro photography and creating striking, visual, and attractive images is part of the charm.

It is always gratifying to see a job well completed and to be recognized for it in any country in the world. Dubai, Kuwait, England, France, Russia, China, Italy, Ukraine are places where my photography has been awarded or viewed by thousands of people.

Paraphrasing my playwright namesake Pedro Calderon de la Barca, 'what is life? An illusion, a shadow, a fiction,and the greatest good is small: that all life is a dream,and dreams are dreams.'

You always have more jobs in mind, on the one hand continue developing extreme macro photography, on the other hand I am also passionate about other disciplines of photography such as sports and architecture. New projects, exhibitions, publication of books or magazines, etc. always arise.

I really don't usually photograph extreme macro in black and white, as you can see in these images, color attracts me greatly, so it was a rare sight to have captured this mosquito in black and white. I try to make them very visual and attractive to the eye, as my work is also exhibited in museums and children are more attracted to more colorful elements, making the insects more fun and approachable.

In black and white photography I try to find simplicity in most of the images, you can see mainly architecture and sports although from time to time a portrait sneaks in.