Art Photo BCN is back for its sixth year, and the Arts Santa Mònica is playing host. This emerging photography festival is aimed at both professionals and students, but is also for those photography aficionados who just want to admire the work. The festival isn’t just an exhibition. It also includes a more extensive programming of activities such as professional trainings, workshops and roundtable discussions.

The goal is to break the classical approaches to photography, create a space for meetings and dialogue, and promote interaction and cooperation amongst the participating professionals, galleries and photography schools in Barcelona. More importantly, Art Photo BCN hopes to help the participating photographers reach a turning point in their careers by highlighting their work at the various exhibitions.

The festival technically runs from April to June, but the majority of the action will take place at the Arts Santa Mònica during the first weekend in May. Aside from this, there are seven featured exhibitions around Barcelona. They are:

1. Laura Van Severen’s “The Arrangement of Unwanted Features” at FUGA (Fontrodona, 31) from March 29th to May 16th

2. Bárbara Traver’s “Madre juicio, Madre santuario” at CC Pati Llimona (Regomir, 3) from April 5th to May 5th

3. Ana Galán’s “Viv(r)e la Vie!” at CC Casa Golferichs (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 491) from April 11th to May 19th

4.Eva Díez’s “La ventana es horizante” at CC Can Basté (Passeig Fabra i Puig, 274) from April 12th to May 12th

5. Leafhopper’s (duo formed by Blanca Galindo and David Martret) “It’s a wonderfull life” at CC Parc Sandaru (Buenaventura Muñoz, 21) from April 26th to May 15th

6. Gloria Oyarzábal’s “Women go no’gree” at CC Sagrada Família (Provença, 480) from April 26th to May 27th

7. Mar Martín’s “A.L.M.A.” at CC Guinardó (Ronda Guinardó, 113) from April 30th to June 1st

There is a lot to see and plenty of time to take full advantage of the festival! Don’t miss out on a great opportunity to see the latest in professional photography!

ART PHOTO BCN 2019

Where: Arts Santa Mònica; La Rambla, 7

When: May 3-5th

Cost: 3€ ; 7€ with catalog

To download the full 2019 program, click here.

By EMILY BENSON

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