Cristina García Rodero

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description

File:Cristina García Rodero.jpg
The Marchioness of Valle de Alcudia in 2011

Cristina García Rodero (born 14 October 1949), 1st Marchioness of Valle de Alcudia[1], is a Spanish photographer and member of Magnum Photos and Agence Vu photo agencies.

Life and work

Rodero was born in Puertollano, Spain, in 1949, and studied painting at Complutense University of Madrid. She has worked as a teacher.

Rodero photographs the persistence of rural traditions in modern times, such as religious rites and festivals in Spain.[2] In Spain she is among the most celebrated documentary photographers.[3]

Rodero joined Magnum Photos in 2005 and became a full member in 2009.[4] In an Extraordinary Plenary Session held by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando on Monday, February 18, 2013, she was elected as a Full Academician for the Section of New Image Arts, occupying the vacant Medal held by Luis García Berlanga.[5]

The city of Puertollano, where she was born, inaugurated the "Cristina García Rodero" Museum in 2018. A large part of the photographer's work is exhibited there. The Cristina García Rodero Museum is located in the old municipal museum of Puertollano.There are more than 2,100 square meters distributed over three floors in which are displayed about 200 photographs of the artist.[6]

Publications

Awards

  • 1989: Book Award, Rencontres d'Arles, for España Oculta.[7]
  • 1989: W. Eugene Smith Grant for her work documenting the culturally important festivals and rituals in rural southern European communities which are about to disappear.[8]
  • 1996: Premio Nacional de Fotografía, Spain.[9]
  • 1998: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Exhibitions with others

Collections

References

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. "Cristina Garcia Rodero", Magnum Photos. Accessed 4 December 2014.
  5. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  6. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  7. "Rencontres d’Arles 2009 Photography", Rencontres d'Arles. Accessed 3 December 2014.
  8. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. "Premio Nacional de Fotografía - 1996 - Template:Webarchive", Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Accessed 3 December 2014.
  10. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  11. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  12. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

External links

Template:National Photography Award (Spain) Template:Authority control (arts)


Template:Spain-artist-stub Template:Europe-photographer-stub