Founder Story

By Raul Aguilera — founder, creative director, and student of what happens when people finally stop performing.

I built Desnúdate Studio as a love letter to my dad — a tradesman who could fix anything but never got to show his craft in the light. After he passed, I started collecting cameras, fabrics, and color gels the way he collected tools. It began as a literal studio — a small, velvet-lit room where I could rebuild myself through light and lens.

Over time that studio became something bigger — Desnúdate. Not just a room, but a creative house for people learning to inhabit their own presence. It’s where performers, storytellers, and everyday humans experiment with being seen without armor — the same way I had to, frame by frame.

The rest I inherited. My mom carries the same polarity I do — receptive, grounded, never performing to earn space. She’d rather be misunderstood than become someone else. Watching her taught me that quietness isn’t weakness — it’s regulation in its purest form.

So when people ask what Desnúdate is, I tell them: it’s not a brand — it’s a body of work. A reminder that under all the production and pixels, we still need spaces where breath, light, and human timing lead.