We were lucky to catch up with Patricia P. Abreu recently and have shared our conversation below.

Patricia, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you share a customer success story with us?

This is not a specific success story, but a general one regarding the affirming feeling I experience each time somebody selects my work to help define their home. It’s an honor to place your work in client’s space where it will be seen and experienced everyday. This goes for my photography as well as the unique pieces that—with love and dedication—my husband and I curate for our antique and decoration store.

If I have to be specific, I remember a client who acquired, then beautifully framed, two of my pieces and also bought one of my husband’s handmade farmhouse tables. There was a feeling of pride and joy when we delivered, and we saw my two large photos presiding over their living room, then in the distance the table. Not only the feeling of being chosen, it was the feeling of becoming part of somebody else’s story.

Patricia, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’m a fine art photographer first, well a mommy first, photographer next, and last an antique dealer.

I studied photography in Barcelona many years ago, but life took me to work in cinema and television. It wasn’t until I became a mother and filming schedules where not compatible with motherhood that I looked back to my formation and recaptured my passion.

It took a while to find my sweet spot, to determine the kind of photographer I wanted to be, and to find a way to express myself through that. Still, it is a work in progress… mostly, at least for now, my photography is expressionistic and abstract. I want to keep exploring and there’s not a type of photography I would like to practice forever. I’d like to explore many different styles as possible.

How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?

In the midst of my years of study in Spain, I had the opportunity to do an internship in the camera department of a TV show; I jumped in with both feet and did not stop working behind a film camera for nearly eight years, alternating between TV and cinema until I had my first child. The insanity of shooting schedules then became harder to manage, so I distanced myself from filming, but not entirely from the entertainment business.

Together with my husband, I tried my hand at producing an original dramatic series. When that project failed, we looked around us at my husband’s vintage collection to determine what we might sell to pay the bills. From that painful moment, our antique shop Archaic was born.

Years later, when we brought Archaic to the United States, we were looking for original contemporary art to sell. I decided to get back behind the camera, this time to pursue what had always been a nagging impulse— fine art photography.

Now, I manage my time between my two children, my photography, and the Archaic shop where we feature a broad selection of my work for sale.

Where do you think you get most of your clients from?

Definitely internet. Either through the sales portals I use or social media.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.saatchiart.com/patriciaabreuphoto, https://www.chairish.com/shop/archaicvintage
• Instagram: patricia_p_abreu
• Facebook: Patricia Pérez Photography

Image Credits
All images credit to Patricia P. Abreu