"Why Kusta?

I chose my last name as Kusta since it was my grandfather's original name. His family immigrated from Palestine to a small city in Colombia where I grew up. Immigration changed his last name from Kusta Al Bandak to Acosta Bendek, and when my grandfather told my that story I decided that Kusta will be my artistic name in honor of my family's heritage.

Since childhood I've loved good stories, and now I dedicate my time to find them with my camera and shared them around the world. I have never considered myself an artist because strangely I don't feel like one, or what it may be attached to. I am just a person who goes out to take photos because it is what I am passionate about and it brings me inner peace. For this reason, I have a variety of works that include portraits and natural and urban landscapes, all to document the daily life of all the amazing cultures that I have been able to encounter.

I am passionate about a real people, strange places and landscapes. I'm proud that my work has some nostalgia since I have always loved the past and what it represents in our current day, which is why I search (most of the time without knowing it) for those stories that have that feeling of yesterday. That's why I also love photography or film, since it preserves time in an image, and that for me is worth all the gold in the world."