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PHotoEspaña 2013
H. Callahan & E. Weston

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Harry Callahan (1912-1999) and Edward Weston (1886-1958) are two of the great American masters of photography. Both developed intense and long careers in which they dealt amply with the nude. The exhibition He, She, It features a selection of eighty pieces that moves away f...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Darren Almond

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Darren Almond is one of the most acclaimed creators of the generation known as Young British Artists, which revolutionized the international artistic landscape in the ‘90s. Unlike his generational peers, his work avoids extravagance and provocation to develop a complex discourse of g...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Ricard Terré

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The work of Ricard Terré is inscribed within that of a generation which helped to modernize the photographic language in Spain. Together with artists such as Miserachs, Maspons, Masats, Pomés, Ontañón or Cualladó, among many others, he broke with the tradition, distancing his work fr...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Yaakov Israel

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Orthodox judaic tradition holds that the Messiah will arrive riding a white donkey. Yaakov Israel was working near the Dead Sea when, unexpectedly, a Palestinian man on a white donkey passed him by. He took a picture of the man and when he developed the image he realized that he had ...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
František Drtikol

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František Drtikol (1883–1961) was the first Czech photographer of international importance. The best known of his many works are the nudes, whose originality, artistry, profundity, and technical mastery remain remarkable. Apart from the portraits, the nudes were the main subjekt...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Laura Torrado

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Laura Torrado’s work is introspective. Photography has enabled her to explore other forms of expression, such as dance or drama. Using resources linked to stage design she creates scenes that allow her to explore the body and the face in a wide range of aspects. This retrospective lo...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Mark Shaw

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The photographer Mark Shaw used his skill and his intimate friendship with John Fitzgerald Kennedy to create the most intimate portrait of the family of the President of the United States. Even if the Kennedys always seemed relaxed before the media – the vast amount of graphic material d...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Fernando Brito

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Fernando Brito was awarded the PHE 2011 Descubrimientos Award for the portfolio Your Steps Were Lost with the Landscape. The series, which earned him the third place in the category of General News at the World Press Photo competition, reveals the gruesome social reality Mexico is e...

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PHotoEspaña 2013
Shirin Neshat

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The work of Shirin Neshat revolves around the condition of the Muslim woman, striking a balance between the search for cultural identity and the distortions and prejudices faced in the West. Through her photography and videos she has explored the segregation of men and women in Musli...

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PhotoEspaña Off 2013:
Thomas Ruff

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Ma.r.s brings together the latest pieces of a series Thomas Ruff (Germany, 1958) started in 2010, which features large images captured by satellites and gives the feeling of being in mid-flight over Mars. This work completes a sequence begun in 1992 with Sterne – ...

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