We found Manuel Salcero at the end of a skinny alleyway that, frankly, should never have held a distillery. His was a last minute addition to our itinerary and I was convinced it was a wrong turn. Yet here we were. Manuel is a metalworker, engineer and distiller – he adapts his own stills, designs the retorts, welds his fermentation tanks, modifies the diesel chopper that unrelentingly hacks at the agave right next to the smoking pyramidal hornoout front. While we waited inside his workshop-like space, he and his team were just finishing their lunch right there beside the stills. A balloon from his daughter’s quinceañera floated idly against the wall opposite. Beside me, a perfect still life just lying in wait: Manuel’s fermentation room, seen through a glassless window cut directly into the block wall – a romance of sharp edges and soft light, of circles and more circles caught in a square frame of square stones; a poem washed in river green and steel grey stained ivory.

Each photograph is printed on luscious Hahnemülle Photo-Rag stock, giving them an earthed, almost painterly feel and incredible longevity. My favourite stock for images like these. The border is printed, making them easy to hang either floated or with a window mount in frame-ready sizes. They are signed and numbered. And the price includes free postage within the UK, Europe or the USA.

50×40cm
Unframed
Giclée print on Hahnemülle Photo-Rag paper
Edition of 8
Signed by the artist
Free postage to UK/Europe/USA