Luis Rico Red is the winner of the “Kenna 5 Years of solidarity and strength of the people vallartense” photography contest sponsored by the University Center of Costa de la Universidad de Guadalajara by its Gazette Newspaper.
The winning photograph of Luis Rico Red:
In an interview, Luis Rico said that since 1968 he became involved in the world of photography. “La fotografía nunca la he dejado, de hecho en los medios locales tuve muchas colaboraciones, aunque ya actualmente tengo mi negocio de artesanías en el mercado del Río Cuale, donde he pasado 30 años de mi vida en Puerto Vallarta pero sin dejar el mundo de la fotografía.”
“I took this picture at precisely to 9:25 in the morning. It is one of the first images of the hurricane, which lasted only about 10 minutes.” He stressed that what came to Puerto Vallarta 5 years ago was a great wave and not exactly the full force of the hurricane, although millions of pesos in damage were lost in the hotel zone.
He also noted that life has been generous with him. “Ahora trabajo en el comercio y eso me permite estar en contacto con la gente, la verdad es que he sido afortunado porque puedo hacer lo que me gusta y la fotografía siempre ha sido parte de mi vida.”