Description
BLEDA Y ROSA (CATALAN)
Book Summary
This catalogue, published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition at Fundación MAPFRE, offers a comprehensive overview of the career of María Bleda and José María Rosa, two key figures in contemporary Spanish photography. Through ambitious research developed over three decades, the work explores the links between image, territory, and memory, bringing together for the first time the complete body of their artistic production to date.
What is it about?
The book documents the exhaustive exploration that Bleda and Rosa have conducted regarding landscape as a complex and multifaceted concept. Throughout their projects, the artists have traveled through various countries to photograph places charged with history, where time and human action have left their mark. The work analyzes how photography can interrogate collective memory, the transformation of territory, and the construction of identity through the image. The catalogue presents complete series, critical texts, and documentary material that contextualize their creative process.
Main themes
- Contemporary photography and landscape as a cultural construction
- Relationship between image, historical memory, and territory
- Artistic research on the imprint of time in geographical space
- Processes of visual documentation of places with symbolic weight
- Evolution of photographic practice over three decades of production
Who is it recommended for?
It is aimed at professionals and enthusiasts of contemporary photography, students of art and visual disciplines, curators and researchers interested in landscape as an artistic theme, as well as collectors and followers of the work of Bleda and Rosa. It is also of interest to those studying the intersections between art, memory, and geography.
What this book provides
- Access to the complete work of two fundamental artists of current Spanish photography, gathered for the first time in a single volume
- Deep understanding of their working methodology and artistic research processes
- Critical contextualization of their trajectory through specialized texts and documentary material
- Analysis of the connections between photography, history, and landscape transformation
Technical specifications
- Author: DAHO, MARTA; MARTIN, ALBERTO; SOTO CALDERON, ANDREA
- Publisher: FUNDACION MAPFRE
- Language: cat
- Topic: EXHIBITION AND SPECIFIC COLLECTION CATALOGUES, PHOTOGRAPHERS
- Collection: EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
- Publication date: June 2022
- Number of pages: 376
- Weight: 1882 g
Editorial review
This retrospective catalogue constitutes an essential reference work for a deep understanding of Bleda and Rosa's production. Its value lies in offering a panoramic and rigorous vision of three decades of work, with careful editorial treatment that includes high-quality reproductions and analytical texts. It is an ideal publication for both specialists and any reader interested in the possibilities of photography as a tool for inquiry into landscape and memory.