I am so happy because I have just published a book of photographs and very short texts about Sarasota, a city on the west coast of Florida, where I have lived since November 2024.
This book is for those who live in Sarasota and love it, for those who have visited and still carry something of its light with them, and for anyone who wants to give a simple, personal memory of this place to someone they care about.
Some of the texts are rough fragments, translated into English, from a poetry book I am still writing. Other texts are reflections on the photographs I took and chose for the book.
I do not approach photography as a professional, but as someone who likes to look closely, and tray to be in the present. I am a writer and investigator, and like taking pictures very much, although I do not do it professionally. What interests me is looking at an image, stopping at one angle of it, talking about what it shows, and also adding footnotes to what the image suggests to me, or, most of the time, guiding the reading of the image somewhere else.
This book is part of The Present Tense, a cultural project I am developing in the United States. This first book is a kind of pilot edition, and I would like to invite local artists to take part in future projects.
For those who would like to get a copy, the book is available in print through the Lulu bookstore, with home delivery.
Book details
Title: Sarasota by The Present Tense: Study of Light, Vol. 1
Publication date: June 3, 2026
Language: English
Category: Art & Photography
Copyright: All Rights Reserved — Standard Copyright License
Contributors: By Jesús Miguel Soto; edited by The Present Tense
Pages: 32
Binding: Paperback, perfect bound
Interior: Full color
Dimensions: Small Square — 7.5 × 7.5 in
the present tense 
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