Óscar Alijarde, Carlos Grasa, Vicky Romeo, José Gracia, Marc Moya, Mari Luz Altimasveres and Virginia Navarro are the protagonists of the exhibition on display at Zaragoza’s Centro Joaquín Roncal, where it will remain open to the public until September 26. They thus conclude three years of shared learning in the Foundation’s photography workshops, where they have shown that taking photographs, choosing the framing and deciding when to press the shutter can also be a form of independence.
“ART, PERSPECTIVE AND DIGNITY”
For Simón Aranda, the aim of the exhibition is to convey to the public that “there is no single way of doing things,” and that “there are no barriers to doing things; we create those barriers in our minds.” During the three years of training, the photographer says the learning process has been mutual, and that the exhibition contains “no photograph of pity or charity; there is art, there is perspective and there is dignity.”
Thus, during April, May and June, the participants visited different locations in Zaragoza to photograph these families, who are connected to the Aspace Zaragoza Foundation. To make this possible, various assistive products were used, including articulated arms, tripods and switches operated by hand or with the head, enabling each participant to take their photographs independently.
The exhibition brings together 26 photographs selected and edited by the participants themselves and is accompanied by a book documenting the experience. The photographs are accompanied by texts written by the families themselves about what the word “family” means to them, the central theme running through the entire project. The Aspace photographers have also contributed brief personal texts alongside their images and portraits with the camera.
