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This collection of stereoscopic photographs is a reflection on the photographic vision of Demetrio Ribes Marco, a Valencian architect active between 1902 and 1921.

They are photographs taken by him between 1908 and 1918 all over Spain: Barcelona, Lleida, San Sebastián, Zaragoza, Pamplona, Segovia, Madrid, Toledo, Córdoba, Granada, Seville, Valencia and other, smaller urban centres. These images represent an encounter with history and its dialogue with the present, the everyday nature of constructed works, an interest in rural life and the architect’s presence at fairs and exhibitions. The exhibition also shows us another side to the architect; he is shown to be a keen photographer, whose gaze reveals the driving forces behind his work. His double-sided profile as an architect and builder sheds light on his deep relationship with the world of engineering, his open mind in terms of new architectural languages and construction systems, his dynamic, enterprising attitude towards society and his respect of architecture from the past.

 

Exhibition Information

Valencia
La Nau - Universitat de València
Thesaurus hall
15 May – 2 September 2007

Curatorship
Inmaculada Aguilar Civera

General Coordination
Norberto Piqueras Sánchez
Virginia García Ortells

Assembly Coordination
Manuel Martínez Tórtola

Itinerancy

Ontinyent
The Ontinyent And La Vall D’albaida Museum of Archaeology (MAOVA)
October 2007

Oliva
Museum of Archaeology of Oliva
December 2007