Visual artist and photographer Paloma Rincón joins Radim to trace a creative life built on colour, contrast, and control. Raised in Mexico City and surrounded by handcraft, tactile materials, and a graphic designer uncle, Paloma fell first for the analog darkroom, then for the still-life sets she builds entirely by hand. ~ 

She talks candidly about the shock of moving to a "monochrome" Madrid at a young age, the disciplined self-reliance it forced on her, and how a chance pairing of a disco ball and a melon became one of her most iconic images. 

The conversation moves from personal projects and happy accidents to the realities of commercial work, retouching, and surrendering control to a trusted team — closing on why she believes a distinct creative voice, not AI, will always be the thing that carries an artist through.

Takeaways

• Childhood surroundings shape creative instinct long before you recognise it — Paloma's love of colour, handcraft, and building spaces (rather than playing with dolls) runs through all her work today
• Moving somewhere "greyer" doesn't just change your surroundings — it can force a self-reliance and discipline that becomes a lifelong asset
• A signature style often lives in tension: Paloma's geometric precision sits deliberately against organic, fluid elements
• Analog training builds a physical, technical understanding of light and process that digital immediacy doesn't automatically teach
• The best juxtapositions — like the disco melon — often arrive as happy accidents inside a loosely defined creative "box," not a rigid plan
• Personal projects and commercial projects demand different relationships with control; knowing when to hold on and when to surrender is a craft in itself
• Retouching your own work can be meditative, but stepping back and handing it to others often produces a better result
• In an AI-saturated landscape, a distinctive creative voice — not the tool — remains the real differentiator

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