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Interview with
mrs. Guadalupe

josefina romero silva

Our conversation is set against the backdrop of the live our everyday life through the visible changes
latest art exhibition by the Women’s Guild of the in nature following the four seasons of the year.
United Nations at the Palais des Nations. Guadalupe I cannot avoid being impressed by the beauty
Romero presents 12 photographs capturing different of the different elements of each season and
moments of the four seasons. It is evident that she emotionally involved. Trying to capture in a
has a refined sense of composition and light and click the beauty that surrounds us is my way to
shadow, designed to surprise the viewer. As always, present my respect and thanks to mother nature
she is impeccably dressed in color combinations for all that is offered to us so freely. I hope these
that embody the classic understanding of an images can evoke the same feelings of love and
ambassador’s wife, yet also convey the sophisticated respect for our natural environment wherever
sensibility of an artist. we are.

Dear Guadalupe, this is the sixth consecutive Sometimes, a hobby becomes a defining factor
collective art exhibition in which we both in our lives, even more so than our professional
participate. Despite our roles as ambassadors’ obligations. Is that the case with your interest in
wives, we actually got to know each other and painting and photography?
interact more often as artists and admirers of I have been since my young age very attracted
arts. Art was the subject of our conversation to art in its different manifestations. Painting,
four years ago when we first met and discovered dance, photography but only recently did I
our shared passion for it. Why did you choose have the opportunity to discover and consider
to present photographs this time, and what myself as an “amateur artist”. Before that I was
messages would you like to convey to the always dedicated to my professional endeavor,
viewer? first as a diplomat myself, then working with
Dear Radiona, it is always a pleasure meeting you some international organizations, being at the
and discussing our respective activities either in same time dedicated to the family and to the
the artistic or in the diplomatic sphere. satisfaction of accompanying my husband in
his diplomatic assignments. Nowadays I try to
Answering your question, I can tell you that combine all these different aspects of my life
photography has always been a part of my life. with my creative hobbies.
My father was a photographer and converting
black and white photographs into colored ones Sculpture and photography are very important
had an important place in my childhood’s activities for me, but they have not become, yet,
memories, in addition to the impression made a defining factor in my life, as both of them are
on my mind, as a child, by the images that were still amateur activities for me. Until last year I
gradually being revealed in the photographic stood given more place to my professional activity
paper at the laboratory. Photography for me is working with an international organization and
the concretization of a moment of emotion. to my duties as an Ambassador wife. This year
In Geneva we are surrounded by nature, and we I’m taking a different direction towards a new

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