The exhibition hall of the Palacio Municipal Molina Jara street, houses on 11 September to 31 October, shows 20 Years of Photojournalism in the newspaper La Opinión, organized by the Center for Photographic History of the Region of Murcia (CEHIFORM) and the Department of Culture of the City of Cartagena.
Clearly the importance of photojournalism has in our society today.
Value that has turned what originally appears as a supporting document to the news in a direct source for the analysis of different spheres of knowledge.
His steady progression has meant that, in the early years of the century, the scope comes deeply marked by exhibitions, fairs, festivals and publications of all kinds.
Within this context, the CEHIFORM) has produced this exhibition and a book to mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the newspaper La Opinión de Murcia (1988-2008) to highlight the vital work they have done, in favor of image, different producers have approached professionally press photography through this medium.
The book, photo-graphy Library: History of Photography in the Region of Murcia, sets out in the reflexive historical evolution of this creative discipline between 1988 and 2008.
For the exhibition has been selected the work of 23 authors and a total of 81 photographs that make up an important example of photojournalism executed in the late twentieth and early twenty-first in Murcia.
In this regard, it is counted with the presence of photographers like Pepe Albaladejo, Blanca Pilar, Bujedo Iñigo, Juan Caballero, Joaquín Clares, Javier Conesa, Carlos Gallego, Nacho Gallego, Felipe Garcia Pagan, Antonio Gil, Patxi Gomariz, Marcial Guillen , Juanchi López, Pedro Martinez, Juan Francisco Moreno, Luis Murillo, Gloria Nicholas, Agueda Perez, Andres Ribon, José María Rodríguez, Moisés Ruiz, Paco and Pepe Salinas Valero.
The exhibition will open officially on Thursday, September 11, at 20.30 hours and will run until October 31 in the morning from 10.30 to 13.30, and in the evening, in September, of 18 to 20.30, and October 17 to 20.30.
Monday, Sunday and holidays closed.
Photo: boat entering the port of Cartagena (Carlos Gallego, 1989)
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena