‘The bear feels comfortable and uncomfortable. It’s a bittersweet moment’: Iñigo Jerez Quintana’s best phone picture
14 February 2026 at 06:00
Capturing things that mix the strange with the beautiful helped the Spanish graphic designer recover from a blue period
Iñigo Jerez Quintana uses the French term objet trouvé to describe this abandoned bear. Quintana, a Spanish graphic designer, was walking from his studio to a work meeting in Poblenou, a district of Barcelona, when he spotted it.
“I take photos based on visual impulses; anything that catches my eye,” he says. “The colour match of the bear’s fur and wall paint anchors a childish stereotype in a place where it doesn’t really belong.”
Continue reading...
© Photograph: Iñigo Jerez

© Photograph: Iñigo Jerez

© Photograph: Iñigo Jerez