Contemporary Calé communities; Jondo by Adrián Morillo

Jondo is a photographic work based on the search of the sentiment “jondo” within contemporary Calé communities inheriting the flamenco practice.

Jondo is a word that refers to a dark and broken singing, common in pioneers flamenco singers. This kind of singing narrates the sorrows and miseries in Cale`s life during the origins of flamenco. Jondo also refers to a way to feel and understand the existence beyond the folk singing, sharing a melancholy and uncomplaining perspective of life. Currently Calé people have been settled in Andalusia for three centuries and their lifestyle has changed. They are longer are migrants and they don’t suffer scorn from the inhabitants of Andalusia. They are fully integrated into Spanish society, for that reason Flamenco singing and perspective are said to be meaningless nowadays. This work has been accomplished in the south of Andalusia, the actual flamenco birthplace, looking for the jondo sentiment in current Calé communities.

About Adrián Morillo

Born in Cádiz in 1986. Currently lives and works in London. Along with his personal projects, he works in cinema productions, press and advertising. Graduated in audiovisual communication at Rey Juan Carlos University, has developed a Master in Fine Arts at the Complutense University and has won a scholarship to study in MadPhoto photography school. Traditionally works in audiovisual documentaries about social issues but progressively starts to prefer photography because it is a medium that offers more freedom for working. His last works are focused on the investigation about traditional cultural manifestations from the south of andalucia.