PHoto Espana - So Near, So Far : Spanish Documentary Photography 1970s

CDB_77 9/07/2014

So Near, So Far: Spanish Documentary Photography #1970s - #1980s

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. They captured rural society, life in small provincial towns, marginal cultures, folk traditions and popular festivities, seen from a unique viewpoint far removed from the stereotyped view. This exhibition surveys the work of these leading exponents of documentary photography in Spain during the 1970s and 80s.