Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Juan Sisto. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Hi Juan, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
When your work involves taking photographs, being respectful and empathetic with what we have in front of the camera is not only politically correct, but also the only way to do our job well and achieve unique and impressive images. I have always tried to work on what I like the most, although my efforts have caused me many disappointments throughout my career, but for me it is very important, when it comes to staying creative, to work in the environment that moves you inside. desire not to stop and keep going.
Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
I have been a photographer and audiovisual producer for 19 years in which I have gone through many different paths that have led me to what I am now professionally. I have traveled all over the world, backpacking, sailing, walking, I even crossed the American continent from Patagonia to Alaska on my bicycle for two and a half years. My passion for nature has caused me to live in a small town hidden between forests and mountains of the Cantabrian mountain range, from here, my base camp, I travel to any part of the world to shoot stories with my camera.
At these moments in my life, documentaries and advertising are the paths where I do best.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
When I started working after finishing my studies, I began to discover a new professional world that I had never imagined at university. I was not happy, and that’s why I decided to stop and go out to explore the Himalayan valleys alone for more than a month. I needed to think.
When I returned, a production company offered me to film a documentary in the jungle of Panama, thanks to my adventurous profile, and then another in Nepal and Bhutan, and then Chile, then Antarctica and I never stopped again.
So I think that decision to escape alone to the Himalayas was the trigger for my professional career, and I was simply doing what I wanted most, without money but with a lot of passion. That is the most important.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
Without a doubt, living in the mountains isolated from the rest of the world in a small town has many good things, but for the world of work it is always an obstacle. I need to be active on my social networks, website or even sending emails frequently to many brands and production companies to remind them that I am still active. That is the most difficult process for me in my job, selling myself to keep working continuously.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.juansisto.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juansisto/
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-sisto-64777913a/
Image Credits
Juan Sisto (all of them)
