Open Call
This call offers visual artists from all over the world the opportunity to exhibit their work at the next edition of the Festival. The theme addressed in the 15th edition is To Share.
The international jury composed of Jon Uriarte –digital curator of Photographers’ Gallery–, Cristina de Middel –photographer and Magnum Photos associate–, Mariama Attah –curator of Open Eye Gallery Photography Museum– and Gwen Lee –director and co-founder of the Singapore International Photography Festival– has selected 8 shortlisted projects and 4 winners, that are part of the programme of Getxophoto 2021.
Winners
Shortlist
* In alphabetical order
Alfonso de Gregorio – Retained Reports (Italy)
Carlos Aguilera – Educandos de Benejúzar (Alicante)
Cristina Galán Vargas – Paul (Madrid)
Giorgio Barrera – In the Light of You (Italy)
Joel Jiménez – Castle of Innocence (Costa Rica)
Joshua Tarplin – A Stress-Free Point of View (USA)
Phelim Hoey – La Machine (The Netherlands)
Ricardo Miguel Hernández – Cuando el recuerdo se convierte en polvo (Cuba)
Jury
Cristina de Middel
Photographer and Magnum Photos associate
Her work investigates photography’s ambiguous relationship to truth. De Middel produced the critically acclaimed series The Afronauts in 2012. With more than 13 books published, Cristina De Middel has exhibited extensively internationally and has received numerous awards and nominations, including PhotoFolio Arles 2012, the Deutsche Börse Prize, the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography in New York and the Spanish National Award in Photography.
Mariama Attah
Curator of Open Eye Gallery Photography Museum
Photography curator, editor and lecturer with a particular interest in overlooked visual histories, and understanding how to use photography and visual culture to amplify under and misrepresented voices. She was previously Assistant Editor of Foam Magazine. Prior to this, she was Curator of Photoworks, where was responsible for developing and curating programs and events including Brighton Photo Biennial and was Commissioning and Managing Editor of the yearly magazine Photoworks Annual.
Jon Uriarte
Artist, Digital curator at The Photographers’ Gallery and curator of Getxophoto
He studied Photography in Barcelona and ICP NY and holds a master in Projects and Artistic Theories by PhotoEspaña and the European University of Madrid. His work has been exhibited in collective and individual exhibitions at different galleries and art centers in Madrid, San Sebastian, New York, Berlin or Barcelona. Founder of the independent platform Widephoto and former coordinator of DONE by Foto Colectania, he is currently the digital curator of The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
Gwen Lee
Director and co-founder of the Singapore International Photography Festival
Director of SIPF, she built DECK, an independent creative container art space for photography with residency for photographers, library, and programmes for youth. She was the co-founder and managing director of 2902 Gallery in Singapore until 2013. Lee has curated various photography showcases in Asia including Flux Reality – Chinese Contemporary Photography, Margins: drawing pictures of home or the first solo exhibition of Daido Moriyama in Singapore.