I didn’t know what to expect when I found out I would be traveling to Savannah. I had never looked into what Georgia was like, and no one around me had been there either. When I started researching it, I was surprised by how lush the nature was. Even from the plane, I could see the marshes that surround the city, and I began to understand where I was landing.

I come from the Catalan region of Empordà, where I developed my passion for nature as a kid. After moving to Barcelona I started to photograph my surroundings, including friends and lovers, I began to realize my connection with nature, too. Since then I’ve been growing my interest in it and diving deeper through the years.

Entering the city of Savannah, everywhere you look, majestic oaks adorned with spanish moss seem to guide you. This moss creates an enchanted air on every avenue and often forms huge hanging structures. It plays a crucial role in setting the mood of the place—now I can understand why it is sometimes regarded by locals as the “enchanted” city. 

One day, a friend and I decided to visit a national park about an hour northwest of Savannah, where we went kayaking through the swamp. We loved paddling through the quiet, still black water. We were lucky enough to be alone for a long time, enjoying the peaceful and serene park, meandering around, surrounded by the submerged cypress trees. Those trees rose so high up that it felt like they’d touch the sky—it was surreal.

In a way, it felt like heaven with the serenity of the water and the sounds of birds; but there was a glimpse of mystery too, with the water’s darkness and distant splashing from time to time.

Capturing the natural beauty of this place was easy for me, but it was trickier to capture the hidden details of the ecosystem, like spiderwebs, camouflaged little insects, and lichen. Once you start contemplating those small details of the ecosystem, you only see more and more depth, eventually feeling the complexity of it all.

Before leaving, we sat in silence to appreciate our surroundings one last time when I saw a baby alligator swimming a few meters away from us. We were aware there could be some, as pointed out in several signs around the park, but that gave us a great ending to the adventure.

Nature is my most beloved subject and enjoying a place like this made me want to share how impressive this landscape was, the wide extension and the never ending little details. I like to think that—apart from capturing the scene—I might also encapsulate a sense of time and emotion from within, the aura that draws you closer to the image.