MEXICAN-BORN, LOS ANGELES-BASED. BERNARDO MONTGOMERY IS A FINE ART, MIXED  MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHER  WHO BEGAN HIS STUDIES AS AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER AT ¨UNIVERSIDAD IBERO¨. HALFWAY THROUGH HIS UNIVERSITY PROGRAM, BERNARDO RELOCATED TO LOS ANGELES PURSUING PHOTOGRAPHY AT ¨THE LOS ANGELES CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY¨, EXPRESSING GREAT INTEREST IN THE HUMAN FORM, FASHION, AND PORTRAITURE. PREVIOUSLY HE WORKED IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, CREATING CAMPAIGNS FOR DESIGNERS AND MAGAZINES. AT THE MOMENT, THROUGH HIS LIVED EXPERIENCES MONTGOMERY EXPLORES THE IDEA OF LOVE AS A HUMANS MAIN MOTIVATOR WHILE HE STILL STRUGGLES WITH EMBRACING HIS EMOTIONS. HAVING GROWN UP IN A VERY MACHO-PRAISING SOCIETY, IT WAS A COMMON PRACTICE TO KEEP YOUR FEELINGS INTERNAL, FREQUENTLY ENCOURAGED. BERNARDO IDEALIZES THAT TRUE MASCULINITY CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY ACCEPTING AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE FEMININE QUALITIES WITHIN US, HENCE TRULY ACHIEVING THIS ¨MACHO¨ STATUS. THROUGH THE MEDIUMS MANIPULATION, THE  ARTIST SPEAKS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PASSING TIME, STRUGGLES OVERCOME, AS WELL AS THE BEAUTY AND WISDOM THAT COMES WITH AGING. THROUGH THIS LENS OF LOVE AND GRATITUDE, BERNARDO CONTINUES TO LEARN HOW TO LOOK WITHIN.