Palafrugell : 14th Images Biennal Xavier Miserachs

In a panorama the place main images occasions usually stay concentrated in large cities, Biennale de photographie Xavier Miserachs champions a unique concept of the pageant: a human-scale occasion able to bringing native reminiscence into dialogue with present-day points.

This version begins with a journey into historical past with « Dorothea Lange, un lengthy voyage ». The exhibition dedicated to the nice American documentary photographer appears again at her work carried out within the Thirties and Forties for the Farm Security Administration (FSA), as she documented the dwelling situations of farm households hit by the Great Depression. Among the photographs on view is her now-iconic portrait of Florence Thompson and her youngsters, considered one of her most emblematic pictures.

Another spotlight is « Sergio Larrain. Le vagabond de Valparaíso », the primary retrospective of the Chilean photographer in Catalonia. Produced by Magnum Photos and arranged with the Fundació Foto Colectania, it remembers the significance of a singular artist, able to reworking the road into an interior panorama. From Valparaíso to Europe, Larrain developed a images during which poetry by no means erases actuality.

The Biennale additionally continues its work of rediscovery with an exhibition dedicated to Gabriel Cualladó, a key determine of the postwar renewal of Spanish images. His portraits and avenue scenes reveal a quiet modernity, attentive to atypical gestures and nameless presences.

The program additionally has a style for surprising correspondences: « Décrire le temps, Txema Salvans – Josep Pla » brings the photographer and the author collectively round a shared strategy: two methods of understanding how a spot can grow to be a creative materials.

This consideration to the native additionally runs by means of « Les Casanovas. Une lignée de photographes », the place the Biennale finds household archives to inform a century of Palafrugell’s historical past by means of the photographs of this dynasty, begun with Lluís Casanovas Marquès (1857-1936). A piece of reminiscence that reminds us forgotten albums belong to images too.

The program additionally appears towards the brand new technology with « Travailleurs de la mer » by Carles Palacio, dedicated to the fishermen of the Costa Brava and the fragility of a threatened commerce; « Le paysage invisible » by Wayra Ficapal, which observes the Ebro delta within the face of environmental upheaval, or additionally « Osses » by Vero Mora Noya, a tribute to girls caregivers whose roles typically find yourself reversing.

World occasions will not be absent both, notably with « Le native est international», a variety from the Collection Art Banc Sabadell. Fotografia Documental, which brings collectively photographers similar to Samuel Aranda, Toni Arnau, Lorenzo Meloni, Santi Palacios, Edu Ponces and Anna Surinyach round main modern tensions — local weather, migration, political and social crises. Added to this are screenings and a chat by thinker Xavier Antich.

Perhaps the power of this Biennale lies exactly there: remaining a valuable occasion in a Mediterranean village, as a result of it helps create a spot of circulation and encounters.

Jean-Jacques Ader

XIV Biennal de Fotografia Xavier Miserachs, in Palafrugell (Baix Empordà, Girona) 11 exhibitions, August 2 – October 18, 2026 – Info: