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PHoto Espana

Photography and Architecture in Spain, 1925-1965
About PHoto Espana

PHotoEspaña, International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts, set out to become a Festival generated by popular demand in 1998, and today it has earned its place as one of the most relevant visual arts events in the world.

PHotoEspaña is one of the central international forums for photography. Each year the Festival attracts more than six hundred thousand people and receives acclaim from prestigious critics, making it the most popular cultural event in Spain.

The Festival is an exceptional occasion for discovering images, videos and installations created by outstanding national and international photographers and visual artists.

Since the first edition of the Festival, more than one thousand exhibitions have been hosted in the city’s main museums, art centres and galleries. The shows are complemented by pedagogic and professional programs designed for diverse audiences.

The growing international interest in PHotoEspaña has enabled the Festival to collaborate with a different country in each edition, through the collaboration between of artists and different institutions located in both countries.

PHotoEspaña is organized by La Fábrica, a company dedicated to arts management. The Festival is made possible thanks to the support and collaboration of private companies and public institutions

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  • The Best of Spanish Photobooks, 1905-1977
    PHoto Espana
    This book presents a journey through the history of the photobook in Spain—offering new views on everything from the Spanish Civil War to the London punk scene. One of our favorite catalogues for 2014.
  • Data Recovery
    Diego Collado
    Joan Fontcuberta explains how Data Recovery retrieves erased images from memory cards, partially recovers the images, then completes the unrecoverable parts by computer algorithm — creating gaps of digital amnesia.
  • Faceless Memories in the Family Album
    Jon Uriarte
    An investigation of a subject that has powered photography from its very earliest beginnings: the family album—which then turns the genre on its (invisible) head.
  • Arissa: Shadow and Photographer
    PHoto Espana
    An avant-garde Spanish photographer who rose to success in the 1920s and 30s, but with the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, his work almost disappeared — forever.
  • So Near, So Far: Spanish Documentary Photography 1970s - 1980s
    PHoto Espana
    For over 30 years, under Franco’s rule, the field of Spanish photography languished. Besides official governmental photos (read: propaganda), there was little in the way of authentic, personal explorations of the country through photographs. After his death, a group of photographers sought to change that.
  • Spanish Modernity: Architecture & Photography
    PHoto Espana
    A stunning exhibition in Madrid demonstrates the strong link between modern architecture and photography.
  • You Haven’t Seen Their Faces
    Daniel Mayrit
    What does it look like when surveillance cameras, an apparatus of power, are turned back on their controllers? The 100 most powerful Londoners rendered through CCTV’s eyes.
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