Nacho Guani is a normal guy like any of us but he does something different from everyone, he travels all around Uruguay in an old van, taking pictures high above the surface, on a paraglider!
Nacho was born in Montevideo, and went to a normal school. At a young age he was already attracted to photography, and at the age of 14 he earned his first sum of money. As the girls of his age were starting to make parties, he offered to go with his camera and take pictures. Afterwards, he would charge them as small but useful amount of money. Nacho kept on doing this till the age of 19, when he finished school. He decided to go to New York to study photography seriously, so he could do this job for a living. A few years later, he was back in Uruguay taking pictures of landscapes as he still does today.
Some days ago, we had the privilege of receiving Nacho in our School, where he told us everything about his life. He is 35 years old, although anyone could believe that he's in his late twenties. During his visit, he showed us all his camera equipment, the huge paraglider and his rusty van, which is his vehicle and home everyday, everywhere.
That van is his home as he refuses to sleep somewhere else when he visits places he’s picturing. Amazingly, Nacho bought the van at an auction, for a very low price. It had been used to film a few movies before, and it wasn’t expected to last any longer. Nowadays, Nacho has everything he needs in there. He's got a small bed, the paraglider, all his clothes, a barbecue and more stuff to survive. It's hard to believe that Nacho enjoys this kind of life, travelling alone, and being in a different place everyday sleeping in a rather uncomfortable bed.
Nacho's job and way of life is totally unique in Uruguay. Not many people would accept living away from their family and friends, which also prevents him from finding a couple and form his own family someday. On the other hand, the way of life has a lot of interesting aspects. Not many people can go wherever they feel like going, such as visiting and seeing such incredible places. He can go to sleep at the time he wants to and wake up whenever he wants to, since nobody will make him wake up. It's also really easy to finish the albums he makes as he only has to upload them to his website and the people he works with print it for him.
If I was given the chance I wouldn’t follow this kind of life, but I’m definitely going to paraglide some day.
Guillermo Symonds
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