Photographer and Graphic Artist Jaime Sánchez Talks About His Artistic Mindset and Creative Process

Every day I spend a little bit of time scrolling Instagram for inspiration and certainly come across insane kinds of art. Jaime Sanchez is one of those artists that definitely stuck out.

After scrolling his feed I said, O hell no, I need to know more about this person. This interview definitely surprised me on how he actually makes his pieces. Sanchez is a well-rounded photographer and graphic artist that has worked with brands like Estee Lauder, Nissan, Emilio Cavallini and more. More importantly, his art makes you think and react. Read below to get an understanding of how such a tremendous talent comes to fruition.

Where are you from and where are you today?

I’m Jaime Sánchez, visual artist, and photographer based in Málaga. I started to get interested in photography in 2011. While I was traveling I bought my first reflex camera.

What amused me most at that time was street photography, but over the years I discovered still life photography.

I create artwork for contemporary galleries and international brands. Currently, you can find some of my work at Galerie Sakura, Paris. Also, I’m a photographer and an Art Direction teacher at Animum Creativity School.

Pieces in Galerie Sakura

What was the catalyst for you to start making art?

My world became Pop when I visited a LEGO exhibition in New York in 2014. I’m also inspired by everyday objects and by that of which the ones we can easily have. I love when things happen in a random and sometimes meaningless way, so my artworks I think goes on that path of nonsense.

Did you go to school for are or are you self taught?

I studied audiovisual communication but not photography, specifically. You could say that I am self-taught.

V for Virgin Records

What is the process (mental and/or physical) do you take to making one of these pieces?

I like to simplify things a lot, I don’t have any ritual when it comes to thinking ideas for photographs. I just look at portfolios on Behance and try to find inspiration. Sometimes it takes me a day to get an idea or two weeks. When I already have the idea as a general rule I never do sketches (because I don’t know how to draw, basically), only for some brands that explicitly ask me. If it’s for me I go directly to the studio and take the picture as I have it in mind.

How long does it take for you to complete these pieces?

Honestly, if it’s a personal project I like to enjoy the whole process; look for the idea, go to the studio and take the photo, edit the color in Capture One and finally the retouching in Photoshop. I really enjoy all of that, therefore, I don’t have a certain time for it. Another thing is different is if it is for a brand, then I try to be faster, but also I try to enjoy it as if it were a personal project.

We see that you have a Smeg Blender as an object for sale on your website. Will you be creating any more actual products from your stills?

I would really like to take more photographs to reality, that people can touch it but it is difficult to find someone who can carry out what I really want, to look for the material and all those things that plastic arts entail. It would really be amazing to be able to create and sell my real Barbie Feminist but I don’t know if Mattel would agree with that. At the moment I can only sell things that are already made, such as a toaster, a mixer and those kinds of utensils.

If there was one thing you would like to improve in the art world what would it be?

It is an interesting question because each person interprets art as they want, so it is difficult to know what can be improved. In my opinion, the concept of art is so big and strange that I would not change anything.

What advice would you give one of your followers that are inspired by you?

I always tell my students that in the beginning what you do is not art, but over time what was not art before is now art.

What is next for you? What are your future plans?

I plan to travel to NY soon and talk to art galleries to exhibit and sell. That’s what I’m focused on. I would also like to open my own Pop Art store in Malaga. That would be really amazing.

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