The Transit’s room in the Aulario II building at the University of Alicante hosts an exhibition titled We are the World, by Ecuadorian photographer and mountaineer Juan Sebastián Rodríguez, running through February 15. This show features 22 large-format photographs that center on the Andean region, inviting viewers to explore the highlands through Rodríguez’s lens and the emotional resonance of towering peaks and living landscapes.
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This body of work is described by Rodríguez as a project that continuously grows, sparked by a deep desire to capture humanity’s bond with Mother Earth. The photographs vividly portray the fiery Andes as the backbone of a continent, a line of volcanoes that sculpts both the terrain and the communities inhabiting it. The artist reflects on how easily a person can forget that the planet is fragile and always evolving, a place where traditions persist even as technologies advance, where people remember their roots and their responsibilities to each other and to nature. The images speak to a shared sense of belonging to a place that is at once matter and spirit, landscape and life.
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Juan Sebastián Rodríguez, an Ecuadorian mountaineer and photographer, specializes in astro-photography, night landscapes, and nature imagery. His practice includes teaching chemical and experimental photography at the Open Photographic Laboratory in Quito, a role he has fulfilled for fourteen years. Beyond the studio, Rodríguez has organized large-format exhibitions that showcase Ecuador’s volcanic regions and mountains across France, Mexico, and Ecuador, aiming to raise awareness about environmental stewardship and the responsible use of natural resources. His work blends adventure, science, and art to highlight the enduring beauty and fragility of high-altitude ecosystems, inviting audiences to consider how landscapes shape cultures and identities just as much as they shape weather and seasons.