I photographed Marc at Atelier Güell, the art space he manages in the Arrabal neighbourhood with his wife Indira Urrutia, which is an interesting alternative to traditional art galleries. He is exhibiting his latest project "Portraits of Dignity", about the refugees in the camps in Greece, based on his statement, so true, that "we are all refugees".
Marc speaks in a calm tone and with such a discreet attitude that it is surprising to discover the trajectory he has been building up. Especially since his fascinating journey that led him to cross the American continent from one end to the other, by bicycle, for five years.
Marc Hors is a documentary photographer and storyteller. His artistic approach is one of capturing the social and cultural nuances of individuals, friendships, and families within the collective situations they inhabit. His images serve as an invitation to peer into private and intimate worlds that have been made all the more complex due to the socio/political/economic contexts that shape them. It is in this manner that Hor’s gently crafts his portraits so as to spark curiosity and critical thinking with regards to environmental and human rights issues, and social change. He shows human beings in human-made situations, in all their splendor, nuance, hardship, and terrible beauty, making neither an attempt to shock or minimize but forging a window through which the viewer can glimpse, and possibly discover, the felt existence of the being within the image.
In 2007, Marc embarked on a 5-year photographic project in search of natural, social and cultural values that characterize the countries of the American continent. As a way of transportation but also as a multicultural passport he chooses the bicycle. Stating in Alaska, he ended in Puerto Williams, the Chilean Antarctic after 5 years, 20.000 miles, and 14 countries.
