The Spanish photographer Nicolas Llorca capture for Padel Magazine suspended moments, images that make him vibrate. In Valladolid, in the heart of one of the lungs of world padel, his lens focused on one figure in particular: Agustín Tapia.

Under the majestic arches of the Plaza Mayor, the Argentinian captures every breath, every look... and inevitably attracts the photographer's eye.

Mozart of padel, he does not play, he composes. On this stage too narrow for his talent, he invents gestures, trajectories, silences which go beyond the limits of the track.

Three images are enough to illustrate what words struggle to say.

Under the photographer's eye, Tapia's genius escapes from the frame
Under the photographer's eye, Tapia's genius escapes from the frame
Under the photographer's eye, Tapia's genius escapes from the frame

The first shows him leaving the field, as if stepping out of a musical stave to create the impossible outside the frame. The second captures him with his back to the net, defying logic like a musician turning his back on his score. The last, more classical, presents him alongside his partner Arturo Coello, two tuned instruments, ready to rock the cage.

Mozart will be back tomorrow. And there's no doubt that Nicolás Llorca's lens will once again attempt to capture the inspiration of a genius confined within the dimensions of a padel court.

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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