Paul Strand. Finest prints

The exhibition takes a chronological look at the six decades spanned by the career of the US photographer Paul Strand (New York, 1890 - Orgeval, France, 1976), considered to be one of the most important photographers of the 20th Century.

There will be over 200 photographs on loan from important museum and private collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It is structured into three major sections, which tell the story from the early efforts to establish photography as a key form of independent artistic expression up to his prolonged portraits of people and places that often took the form of printed books. There will also be a projection of the artist's first film, Manhattan, from 1921.

Paul Strand's career was characterised by a strong social motivation and political commitment, reflected in his constant drive to depict human conflict. The exhibition examines in detail this side of Strand's work, which the photographer understood as an essential part of his responsibility as an artist.

The Exhibition includes famous photos as:

Rebecca, New York, 1922 Palladium print, Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Paul Strand Collection, acquired with funds provided by Mr and Mrs Robert A. Hauslohner (as an exchange), 1985-113-6 © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Young Boy, Gondeville, Charente, France, 1951 (negative), mid-late 1960s (print). Silver gelatin print, Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Paul Strand Collection, acquired with funds provided by Thomas P. Callan and Martin McNamara, 2012176-73 © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

Anna Attinga Frafra, Accra, Ghana, 1964 Silver gelatin print, Colecciones FUNDACIÓN MAPFRE, FM000976 © Aperture Foundation Inc., Paul Strand Archive

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Paul Strand

When: From 3 June to 23 August

Where: Fundación Mapfre. Sala Bárbara de Braganza

Address: Calle Bárbara de Braganza, 13

Website: http://exposiciones.fundacionmapfre.org/exposiciones/en/paulstrand/

Price: Free entrance