Elio André

Photo and journalism portfolio: When I was a kid, I had a bit of a geek side, I loved all sorts of little tech gadgets. For my 10th birthday, my parents gave me my very first camera: a cheap GoPro copy bought on Amazon. I started filming everything: my BMX sessions, my soccer games, stupid sketches with my friends. And I loved it. So much so that I started saving the money I earned to buy better equipment, piece by piece.

That's really how it all started. I was a curious kid, and I quickly realized that this little device could do more than just capture memories. It could bring my ideas to life. Since then, I've never really let go of image creation.

Today, whether in photography or video, I'm still looking for what feels right to me. Not necessarily what's perfect according to the rules, but what touches, what lasts. I don't try to follow trends; I try to be honest with what I see and what I feel, because I think it's stronger than a trend.

As my grandmother used to say: "fail, restart, succeed." That's pretty much how I learned. By doing, by failing, by restarting. Telling stories through images remains for me the most natural way to express myself and tell stories.