“It also always baffled me how we could go months as friends without knowing our real names and could still act like life-long brothers,” Carlos adds. “This series is meant to question that observation and open the dialogue of how simple life could be if we could just see each other as family before anything else.” Kinship and intimacy is paramount to Boys Will Always Be Boys, reiterated by the capturing of joy, or a gentle touch, or camaraderie and companionship frozen in time.

Primarily, Carlos is intrigued with the “classical aesthetic” throughout the series. “Somewhat stylised, but still animating my subjects as organically as possible by allowing them to do what they wanted to in the settings I placed them in,” he explains. “Hence maintaining the reality of my memories through a fictional narrative.” Working alongside friends and strangers, Carlos built a team around him to help the project come to life. “I made this story with a lot of love and joy from the nostalgia of combing through my memories, and if anyone feels half as much joy and love as the team and I did creating this body of work then I believe my work is done,” Carlos concludes. “I also hope everyone, however old or young, that sees this body of work feels the urge to go out again, to play and to feel the essence of being and belonging.”