American Photographers in Lima expose their "views" of Madrid

Thursday 29 October, 05:37 PM Lima, 30 oct (EFE) .- Fourteen Latin American photographers set out from Lima on Thursday in the exhibition "Madrid Mirada, which brings together images taken by these artists in the Spanish capital. Curators sample, the Spanish Manuel Sendon and Xosé Luis Suárez Canal, explained that Latin American artists remained in Madrid for a week to make a photographic work "without any requirement or limitation issue." It was a turn Madrid workplace for artists, each one must decide freely the presence that the city must have in his work ", stated in the catalog of this show, organized by the Cultural Center of Spain (CCE) in Lima. Therefore, artists embody in their work matters as the weight of history, real estate speculation, some social conflicts, the city as a point of convergence of different cultures or the existence of innocuous sites capable of generating moods in some artists, according to a CCE press. One of the artists, the Peruvian Milagros de la Torre told Efe that his interpretation of Madrid, through black and white photographs in large format, it was through the personal belongings of the former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco . 'My proposal is simple, was taking pictures in black and white with a very limited focal field in which there is a small detail, "said La Torre to serve as an example the image of the bed rested every night Franco and the highlighting the pillow. In addition, Peruvian artist based in New York gives a sepia tone to your photos to give an idea "stain of history." They also explain the Ecuadorian Thomas Ochoa, Alexander Apostle Venezuelan, Guatemalan Luis González Palma and Priscilla Monge of Costa Rica. "Madrid look" which is exhibited in the Centro Cultural de San Marcos until next 19 December, also includes works by Jaime Ávila Ferrer (Colombia), Sandra Boulanger (Bolivia), Maya Goded (Mexico ), Jonathan Harker (Panama), Jose Manuel Fors (Cuba). Rounding out the shows Eustaquio Neves (Brazil), Luis Paredes (El Salvador), Graciela Sacco (Argentina) and Pablo Zuleta (Chile). Average (Not Rated)