Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker makes suggestive pictures with a strong pictorial character. Her subjects are bathed in dark and sober backgrounds. Intriguing atmospheres that invite the spectator to speculate on the person photographed or wonder through the intriguing landscapes. She plays with subtle layers of light and darkness, fiction and reality. Her pictures ask from the viewer more than a quick look. They come to life during the process of looking and you become aware of looking itself. Bram Van Oostveldt - professor Leiden University /Amsterdam University