Sota la llum del mar

Selfpublished

Year

Texts in catalan, spanish and english.

Prepress

ISBN 978-84-09-29377-3

Number of pages

132

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Ofset Lakepaper Blocker

Under the light of the sea / Sota la llum de mar is a photographic essay that aims to dignify each and every one of the victims of Francoism in the Spain of civil war and postwar. The project is based on the story of my grandfather’s little brother, Tomás Pons Albesa, who was shot at the Camp de la Bota, in Barcelona, in 1941, at the age of 31. From an investigation that has led me to travel at one time to the places where the last moments of Tomás’s life passed and to trace his presence in documentation of the time, I build a new story reminiscent of a past that is present through of the landscape but also of its lights and shadows.

The series consists of 42 images and biographical images and the time in which Tomás lived.

Write for this work:

Cynhtia Young
Curator of the Robert Capa Archive at the International Center of Photography, New York

Vicenç Altaió
Poet, essayist, art critic and idea trafficker

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Espe Pons

Barcelona, Spain

Espe Pons (Barcelona, 1973) Photographer. Since the late nineties she has exhibited her work at numerous festivals and galleries, notably: Primavera Fotogràfica, Barcelona, 2000; PHotoESPAÑA, Madrid, 2001, 2002 and 2019; Festival Voies Off, Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, 2003; Fundació Atrium Artis, Girona, 2010; Gallery Quilu Art Space, Shanghai, 2015; Shortlisted for the Fundació Vila Casas Contemporary Photography Prize, Barcelona, 2017; Galeria Esther Montoriol, Barcelona, 2018; Museu Palau Solterra, Fundació Vila Casas, Barcelona, 2020; Museu Memorial de l’Exili, La Jonquera, 2021; Muzej grada Beograda, Belgrade, 2021 and Castell Montjuïc, Barcelona,2021 ,Jersey City Theater ,Nueva York, 2022. Statement The fundamental core of my work is memory and landscape. Often the construction of the projects starts from a certain visual poetics full of silences. Others place photography right on the edge of the medium itself, highlighting its conventions. Although at the beginning of my career the work was built more from an interior landscape and personal memory perspective, over time the work has been more complex, incorporating clear elements of historical and social reflection. It’s in the last works, Portraits, Under the light of the sea and Earth where a more critical and committed look is evident.

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