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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Guy Lane

Photoespaña: the exhibition where the staging is as impressive as the art

A girl dressed up in a pink hat stands in a field with rubbish behind her
Sella River descent, Ribadesella, August 1965. Photograph: Gonzalo Juanes

By the end of September, PhotoEspaña, Madrid’s yearly photography festival, will have hosted more than 80 exhibitions featuring the work of nearly 300 photographers and visual artists. Shows by established figures such as Elliott Erwitt, Paloma Navares, David Goldblatt and Erwin Olaf lead a roster that also includes less familiar names, Lúa Ribeira, the Widline Cadet and Consuelo Kanaga among them.

  • Above: Erwin Olaf’s Narratives of emancipation, desire and intimacy at Fernan Gomez cultural centre. Photograph: La Fabrica. Right: Boris Savelev’s Viewfinder – A way of looking, at the Serrería Belga. Photograph: Oak Taylor Smith

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