This exhibition presents an ample selection of photographic series from the Per Amor a l’Art Collection - Fundació Per Amor a l’Art, which survey the history of documentary-style photography from its inception in the early twentieth century to the present day. Representing different perspectives and geographical settings, these pieces illustrate a broad spectrum of aesthetic and conceptual intentions. Although most of them are rooted in the idea of the mere photographic act as an unequivocal way of depicting reality without artifice, together they form a collection of images that reflect on the narrative capacity of the documentary and its relationship with truth, the interpretation and construction of the scene, and the photograph’s potential as a document to embody political stances in its aspiration to immortalise the social, political and cultural realities of the places it portrays.

Robert Frank / Henri Cartier-Bresson / Joel Meyerowitz / Susan Meiselas / Ricardo Rangel / David Goldblatt / Jürgen Schadeberg / Yto Barrada / Humberto Rivas / Lewis Baltz / Edward Ruscha / Bernd & Hilla Becher / Luigi Ghirri / Xavier Ribas / Paul Graham / Bleda and Rose / Ian Wallace

Curated by Sandra Guimarães and Vicente Todolí

This exhibition will be open to the public from 01.06 – 04.09.2022 at two different venues:

Círculo de Bellas Artes and Casa de América, Madrid.

Organized by
Circle of Fine Arts, Fundació Per Amor a l'Art – Bombas Gens Center d'Art and PHotoESPAÑA