OBJECTIVE: HISTORY. Photographic exhibition by Pilar Albelda Valls
Through the lens of Pilar Albelda Valls' camera, the exhibition 'Objective: History' brings us closer to a social, touristic, and economic phenomenon of enormous popularity in recent years: Historical Recreation.
As part of the so-called 'Public History,' a historiographical trend that studies and collaborates in public and collective manifestations of approaching the past external to the academy, Historical Recreation can be defined as a way to commemorate, celebrate, or simply remember socially and publicly, through a playful or festive event, but planned and executed with rigor, a past event or a specific era, awakening sensations and emotions in the current public with a clear objective of disseminating history.
From the Greek hoplite to the young woman of the early 20th century, Pilar Albelda Valls' photographs allow us to traverse more than 2,500 years of history recreated in the last 13 years in different European locations.
Pilar Albelda Valls
She is a professional photographer and carries out her work in the Sustainable Mobility Service of the City Council of Valencia.
Her more artistic gaze is focused on heritage and history. In this way, she is a regular collaborator in historical recreations, of which she has produced excellent photographic reports (Almansa, Cacabelos, Serra d'Espadà, Almeida, Medina del Campo, Ciudad Rodrigo, Cambrils, Villena, Murcia, Utiel, Waterloo) and has collaborated in joint exhibitions such as 'Milicia' by the Military Art Association.
Her photographs have been used on covers of books and magazines with historical, heritage, and cultural content. She was a finalist in the 4th Edition of the Sorolla Arts Prize 2012, and she has collaborated with her photographs in achieving Lliria City of Music and Manises City of Crafts and Popular Arts by UNESCO in the craft and popular arts category.
