I am a visual artist and photographer. I'm a teacher of photography at he Javeriana University, Los Andes University and Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogotá, Colombia. I got married this year (2015) with a visual artist girl. We live in downtown Bogotá. nAt the present I'm working in an International Video Art Festival called Videograma.
If you likem you can visit my web page: www.fotojuanalonso.com

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I would like to be a couchsurfing because I would like to travel knowing people in other cities and countries. I like the idea of creating a good network of people around the world!

Interests

At the present I have interests in develop my career, working hard on that, working in art projects of different kinds, I like to travel around the world with my wife or alone. I love comics, literature, rock and electronic music.

• arts
• culture
• books
• literature
• photography
• festivals
• dining
• comics
• traveling
• music
• electronic music
• teaching
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

I like Chinese Man Records, Daft Punk, Dakha Brakha, Bomba Estéreo, Systema Solar, Macaco, Choc Quib Town, Portishead, Nortec Collective, Chemical Brothers, Buraka Som Sistema, 3 Dueños, Alcolirykos, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mirways.

I love movies like "Alice" of Svankmajer, "Songs from the second floor" of Roy Anderson, Elite Squad, "The last temptation if Christ", "Tangerines", "The City of lost children", Ghost Dog", "Hecho en México", "La estrategia del caracol", "Pulp Fiction", "Toy Story", "Mullholand Drive", "The live of others", "Carlito's Way", "Rize", "Character", "Dreams", "Nine Queens""Machuca", "Birdman", "Inglurious Basterds".

Books of theory of photographs and books of photographers, comics, books of history of Colombia, literature of Latin America.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I think one of my best works was my BA thesis about some kind of clowns that work in Bogotá: the advertising clowns:
http://www.fotojuanalonso.com/ingles/ppub/p00.html

Teach, Learn, Share

Here in my city I can show you the best touristic places, some very good restaurants (mainly with colombian food) and some of the best art places like museums, galleries, theaters and music halls.

When I travel I like to learn something about the culture. I prefer to go to popular places and restaurants more than the touristic ones. I like to talk with the people that live there more than go with a guide.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I like to share some very good moments with my guests, I like to go with them to walk through the city and if we have time, to trip with them to towns near Bogotá.

I like also share my home and to show my art and photography books, and sometimes I learn my guests things about photography for them to take better pictures of Colombia.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Spain, Sweden, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain