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Proof of concept / 1 min 30 sec

El Reflejo

A father’s promise to protect his son’s future becomes a reckoning with culture, ownership, and the meaning of sacrifice in Puerto Rico.

A proof of concept by Anderson Tavares-Garcia

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Fatherhood · Belonging · Sacrifice

A private message. A public inheritance.

A message about a son’s future unfolds against monumental architecture, then moves toward a phone and a face. The contrast brings a private appeal into contact with the institutions and histories surrounding it.

This short proof of concept introduces the project’s atmosphere and central tension: what someone is prepared to justify in the name of protecting the people and place they love.

Marble columns and a staircase in El Reflejo
01 / El Reflejo
A painted dome in El Reflejo
02 / El Reflejo
A message displayed on a phone in El Reflejo
03 / El Reflejo

Selected credits

Proof of concept
Anderson Tavares-Garcia
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