Cristina García Rodero Explained

Cristina García Rodero (born 14 October 1949) is a Spanish photographer and member of Magnum Photos and Agence Vu photo agencies.

Life and work

Rodero was born in Puertollano, Spain, in 1949, and studied painting at Complutense University of Madrid. She has worked as a teacher.

Rodero photographs the persistence of rural traditions in modern times, such as religious rites and festivals in Spain.^[1] In Spain she is among the most celebrated documentary photographers.^[2]

Rodero joined Magnum Photos in 2005 and became a full member in 2009.^[3] In an Extraordinary Plenary Session held by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando on Monday, February 18, 2013, she was elected as a Full Academician for the Section of New Image Arts, occupying the vacant Medal held by Luis García Berlanga.^[4]

The city of Puertollano, where she was born, inaugurated the "Cristina García Rodero" Museum in 2018. A large part of the photographer's work is exhibited there. The Cristina García Rodero Museum is located in the old municipal museum of Puertollano.There are more than 2,100 square meters distributed over three floors in which are displayed about 200 photographs of the artist.^[5]

Publications

• España oculta.
  • España oculta. Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1989, 1998. .
  • España oculta. Munich: Bucher, 1990. .
  • Espagne occulte. Paris: Contrejour, 1990. .
• España: Fiestas y ritos. Text by J.M. Caballero Bonald.
  • España: Fiestas y ritos. Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1992. .
  • Spanien. Feste und Riten. Schaffhausen: Stemmle, 1992. .
  • Spagna in Fiesta. Milan: Jaca, 1994. .
  • Festivals and rituals of Spain. New York: Abrams, 1994. . Translated by Wayne Finke.
  • Espagne: Fêtes et traditions. Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1994. .
• Imágenes de una danza: Camuñas, "Pecados y Danzantes". Toledo: Diputación Provincial de Toledo, 1994. .
• Himerareta Supein-ten = España oculta. Mitaka, Tokyo: Mitaka City Gallery of Art, 1994.
• España Oculta: Public Celebrations in Spain, 1974-1989. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995. . Foreword by Julio Caro Baroja and introduction by Mary M. Crain.
• La realidad múltiple. Logroño: Ochoa, 1995. .
• Fiestas de primavera en pueblos y aldeas de España. Madrid: Prensa Española General de Revistas, 1998. . With César Justel.
• Grabarka, o monte das 600 cruces: Unha peregrinación ortodoxa en Polonia. Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, 2000. .
• Lo Festivo y lo Sagrado. Madrid: Consejería de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2001.
• Rituales en Haití. Madrid: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales, 2001., . With Laënnec Hurbon.
• Grabarka, el monte de las 6000 cruces: Una peregrinación ortodoxa en Polonia. Granada: Diputación de Granada, 2002. .
• Cristina García Rodero. Rituale; Fotografien. Munich: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, 2004. .
• Cristina García Rodero: Historia de una Pasión.
  • Cristina García Rodero: Historia de una Pasión. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2004. .
  • Cristina García Rodero. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2008. . Second edition. Includes Historia de una pasión by Julio Llamazares.
• A peregrinación a Santiago en Haití. Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, 2004. .
• Paso doble - Cristina García Rodero und Giorgio von Arb: Fotografien zur Volkskultur in Spanien und in der Schweiz. Uster: Edition Villa am Aabach, 2005. . With Giorgio von Arb.
• Cristina García Rodero: María Lionza, la diosa de los ojos de agua. Madrid: Ayuntamiento, 2008. .
• España oculta: Colección de arte contemporáneo Fundación "La Caixa". Barcelona: Obra Social, Fundación "La Caixa", 2010. .
• A 1,20 metros: Los derechos de la infancia vistos desde su altura. Madrid: Consejo General de la Abogacía Española, 2010. . With other contributors.
• Transtempo. Madrid: La Fábrica; Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, Consellería de Cultura e Turismo, 2011., .
• Cristina García Rodero: Combatiendo la nada. Alcobendas: Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, 2012. .
• Los siete pecados capitales. Palabra e imagen. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2014. . With Gustavo Martín Garzo and Elisa Martin Ortega.

Awards

• 1989: Book Award, Rencontres d'Arles, for España Oculta.^[6]
• 1989: W. Eugene Smith Grant for her work documenting the culturally important festivals and rituals in rural southern European communities which are about to disappear.^[7]
• 1996: Premio Nacional de Fotografía, Spain.^[8]
• 1998: Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.

Exhibitions with others

• 1994: The Photographers' Gallery, London.^[9]
• 2001: Venice Biennale, Venice.^[10]
• 2016: Photobiennale, Moscow^{[11] [12]}

Collections

• Museum of Fine Arts Houston^[13]

External links

• Rodero's profile at Magnum Photos
• Américas

Notes and References

1. Cristina García Rodero. American Photo. March 1992. 70–71.
2. Book: Snyder. Jonathan D.. Reading Culture at the Threshold: Time and Transition in Modern Spain (1800-1990). 2008. 978-0-549-81997-4. 198–199.
3. "Cristina Garcia Rodero", Magnum Photos. Accessed 4 December 2014.
4. Web site: 14 March 2018. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San. es. Fernando. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
5. News: Cristina García Rodero presume de museo. Morales. Manuel. 2018-09-13. El País. 2019-09-24. es. 1134-6582.
6. "Rencontres d’Arles 2009 Photography", Rencontres d'Arles. Accessed 3 December 2014.
7. Web site: 1989: Cristina Garcia Rodero. 4 December 2014 . .
8. "Premio Nacional de Fotografía - 1996 - ", Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte. Accessed 3 December 2014.
9. News: Exhibitions / After Franco, everything just clicked: Spain is not best known for its photographers. 'Cuatro Direcciones', a new show of Iberian images, aims to put the record straight. Bruce Bernard finds much to admire. 27 March 1994 . 4 December 2014 . Bruce . Bernard . .
10. News: Postcards from the cutting edge. 13 June 2001 . 3 December 2014 . Richard . Dorment . .
11. Web site: Exhibitions: Open-Mouthed (Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow). Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow. 2017-03-31.
12. News: Cristina Garcia Rodero: The Main Enemy of a Photographer Is Not People, But Fear - Bird In Flight. 2016-03-02. Bird In Flight. 2017-03-31. en-US.
13. Web site: Cristina Garcia: Rodero La Tarde . emuseum.mfah.org.