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Fotografía Africana, Miradas Femeninas De La Fotografía PHotoESPAÑA 2021 se celebrará entre el 2 de junio y el 30 de septiembre Elvira Dyangani Ose, comisaria invitada de la edición, presentará dos exposiciones colectivas, un ciclo de cine y un programa de performance y conversaciones en los que se explorará la fotografía desde una perspectiva panafricanista global El Festival pondrá en valor miradas femeninas de la fotografía tanto nacional como internacional, con autoras como Margaret Watkins, Barbara Morgan, Ouka Leele, Montserrat Soto y Lua Ribeira, entre otras En el marco de PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Isabel Muñoz presentará su último proyecto, creado exprofeso para el Festival y que reflexiona sobre el agotamiento de recursos en el planeta, el agua entre otros, que puede llegar a poner en peligro nuestra supervivencia como especie PHotoESPAÑA 2021 contará con clásicos de la fotografía como Bill Brandt, Nicholas Nixon, Garry Winogrand y Alfonso; representantes de la Escuela de Madrid, como Gerardo Vielba; y con las voces más jóvenes de la fotografía contemporánea, de la mano de convocatorias como Hacer, Futures y Nur con propuestas de autores como Paola Bragado, Alejandro Rego, Arguiñe Escandón, Marius Scarlat, Zied Ben Romdhame, Sonia Merabet, Hakim Rezaoui o Yasmine Hatimi, entre otros Los encargos fotográficos realizados por grandes autores en España entre 1983 y 2009 son los protagonistas de una completa muestra colectiva con obras de Sergio Belinchón, Gabriel Cualladó, Joan Fontcuberta, David Goldblatt, Paul Graham, Candida Höfer, Valérie Jouve, Sebastião Salgado, Allan Sekula… El Festival OFF volverá al formato presencial y contará con la participación de 21 galerías de Madrid con muestras de Irene Cruz, Bob Colacello, Martin Parr o Wolfgang Tillmans Ciudad Real y Oporto se incorporan como sedes del Festival uniéndose a Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Almería, Barcelona y Zaragoza Durante el mes de septiembre se celebrará una nueva edición de PHotoESPAÑA Santander con una veintena de exposiciones y los trabajos de autores como Robert Doisneau, Isabel Coixet, Campúa o Javier Riera y nuevas voces de la fotografía como Pilar Oti, Enrique Gambarte o José Quintanilla A partir del mes de julio, la convocatoria Visit Spain invitará a los ciudadanos de toda España a mostrar su entorno y compartir la riqueza del territorio más próximo La nueva sede permanente del Festival, PHE Gallery se convertirá en el corazón de la programación, con muestras de libros de fotografías, encuentros con fotógrafos, talleres y seminarios PHotoESPAÑA recupera el programa Trasatlántica y viajará en otoño a Guinea Ecuatorial gracias al apoyo de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional a Desarrollo – AECID y su Red de Centros Culturales Más información: www.phe.es |Twitter: @photoespana | Facebook: PHotoESPAÑA | Instagram: @photoespana_ Descarga el dossier de prensa e imágenes de las exposiciones PHotoESPAÑA 2021 se celebrará entre el 2 de junio y el 30 de septiembre y contará con 86 exposiciones con obras de 376 fotógrafos y artistas visuales. Tras una última edición marcada por la pandemia del coronavirus y sus efectos sobre la vida cotidiana y los usos culturales en todo el mundo, el Festival ha concebido un programa que aborda cuestiones sociales actuales. El Festival reflexionará sobre la fotografía panafricana desde un punto de vista global. También dará visibilidad al trabajo de mujeres fotógrafas nacionales e internacionales y el medio ambiente y la sostenibilidad estarán presentes a través de la obra de grandes fotógrafas. Fotografía panafricana de la mano de Elvira Dyangani Ose La comisaria y directora de The Showroom, Elvira Dyangani Ose, presentará en PHotoESPAÑA 2021 una mirada sobre la fotografía desde una perspectiva panafricanista global, a través de dos exposiciones colectivas, un ciclo de cine y un programa de performance y conversaciones. Como señala la comisaria: “Si algo conecta las historias presentes en estos proyectos es la múltiple y compleja humanidad que resuellan, su deseo de rescatar historias silenciadas u olvidadas de la experiencia negra y la poética que se esconde en la vida cotidiana que envuelve dichas experiencias. Existe una inminente conexión en su reflexión de lo habitual de aquellas realidades, del quehacer común diario, de lo entendido como inmemorable para la historia, que, no obstante, encuentra en la estética la ocasión de exponerse, así como de revelar los límites que la enmarcan en una denostada unilateralidad. Las distintas realidades sociales, políticas y culturales de entornos geográficos no tan distantes —en el continente y su diáspora, pero también las respuestas personales de fotógrafos, cineastas y artistas a dichos contextos invitan al espectador a la inmersión en una experiencia rizomática.” La sala Picasso del Círculo de Bellas Artes acogerá la exposición colectiva Eventos de lo social: Retrato e imaginario colectivo. Fotografía africana en The Walther Collection. Por primera vez se podrán ver en nuestro país parte de los fondos de esta colección, una de las más importantes de fotografía y arte visual de artistas africanos o afrodescendientes, que incluye obras modernas, contemporáneas, fotografía del siglo XIX de Europa y África, e imágenes vernáculas. La muestra, con más de 400 imágenes incluye obras de Samuel Fosso, David Goldblatt, Seydou Keïta, Zanele Muholi y Malick Sidibé, entre otros. Por su parte, el proyecto Contra la Raza propone en Matadero Madrid, una iniciativa multidisciplinar que gira en torno a imaginarios contemporáneos y futuristas que promueven a través de historias y poéticas del imaginario negro, distintas formas de un humanismo global e igualitario. De esta manera, la Nave 0 de Matadero acogerá una exposición individual del artista Larry Achiampong, presentando una instalación multimedia de su proyecto Relic Traveller: Phase 1, 2 and 3 y la proyección de una selección de obras audiovisuales de varios artistas, entre los que se incluyen Kiluanji Kia Henda, Grada Kilomba y Monica de Miranda. Posteriormente, durante la última semana de octubre, tendrá lugar un programa en vivo que incluirá diálogos, performances, y proyecciones, así como un ciclo de cine en colaboración con Cineteca Madrid. PHotoESPAÑA reivindica la obra de grandes fotógrafas nacionales e internacionales El Festival pondrá en valor miradas femeninas de la fotografía tanto nacional como internacional. CentroCentro dedicará una exposición monográfica a una de las pioneras de la fotografía, la canadiense Margaret Watkins. Watkins, desarrolló una carrera brillante en la década de 1920 y fue una de las primeras autoras en dedicarse a la fotografía publicitaria. Sus imágenes sobre objetos cotidianos se convirtieron en el paradigma sobre el que se forjaron los nuevos estándares de aceptabilidad. Black light es una completa retrospectiva que cuenta con 150 fotografías de la artista de entre 1914 y 1939, que incluyen retratos y paisajes, bodegones modernos, escenas callejeras, trabajos publicitarios y diseños comerciales. El Museo Nacional del Romanticismo, por su parte, acogerá una muestra de otra gran mujer de la historia de la fotografía, la norteamericana Barbara Morgan, figura clave del arte visual y el mundo de la danza por sus penetrantes estudios de bailarines modernos estadounidenses como Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Erick Hawkins, José Limón o Doris Humphrey, entre otros. Esta exposición se basa principalmente en la Colección Astudillo (Madrid) y recorre sus fotografías sobre danza, así como su trabajo experimental de fotomontaje y fotografías de luz. Un alegato sobre la vida y la obra de una valiente artista, fuente de inspiración para sus coetáneos y generaciones venideras. PHotoESPAÑA 2021 reunirá además proyectos de tres mujeres galardonadas con el Premio Nacional de Fotografía. El Museo Lázaro Galdiano será el escenario en el que Isabel Muñoz, presentará su último proyecto, creado exprofeso para el Festival. Somos agua, trabajo realizado en colaboración con la apneista japonesa Ai Futaki es una instalación que apela a la responsabilidad del espectador ante uno de los peligros más acuciantes e ignorados por el ser humano: el calentamiento global y el agotamiento de los recursos naturales. La sala Goya del Círculo de Bellas Artes buceará en los orígenes de una de las principales artistas de la fotografía española contemporánea, Ouka Leele. Así PHotoESPAÑA mostrará la producción de Barbara Allende, de los años 70 y 80 en España. Una época de contracultura y rebelión que inspiró su producción en esa época. En el Real Jardín Botánico y, de la mano de Fundación ENAIRE se podrá visitar la exposición Doom City, de Montserrat Soto que reflexiona sobre el nomadismo y sus consecuencias sobre el hombre y el territorio. En Doom city Soto ha creado un atlas personal y visual, hecho de fotografía, video, esculturas, banderas, libros… que comprende un periodo entre 2004 y 2019. Además, esta misma sala acogerá la muestra de los Premios de Fotografía Fundación ENAIRE 2021. Esta exposición presenta el fallo del Premio de Fotografía Fundación ENAIRE 2021, que recoge las tres obras premiadas en esta edición, así como las siete seleccionadas por el jurado, entre las que se incluye una Mención Especial de PHotoESPAÑA. Por su parte la Real Sociedad Fotográfica también dedicará una muestra a reivindicar la obra de una de las pioneras de la fotografía española, Lydia Anoz. El Festival y el Museo de Navarra presentan en Madrid la obra de esta autora, creadora valiente e inconformista que abordaba su arte como una manera de trascender la realidad. Fotografía documental, retrato o paisaje
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