El carpintero

The Carpenter is a photographic project by Ricardo Cases that reflects on the nature of time through repetition and subtle variation. For months, the photographer had daily access to a workshop during the hours when the carpenter rested. The project turns an ordinary, everyday act into a meditation on circular time, in which each day resembles the last but is never exactly the same.

By keeping a daily visual record, Cases proposes a reflection on the perception of the everyday, the passing of time and the rhythms of life, questioning photography's conventional role of capturing fleeting moments and instead stretching time until it becomes something sculptural. The project suggests that meaning, memory and even progress do not arise from constant change, but from the quiet persistence of routine and the tiny differences that accumulate over time.