Footwear Museum Jose María Amat Amer

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION "29 AFGHAN LOOKS"


It is an eminently artistic and non-profit project that aims to prevent the drama that one of the most punished groups on the planet is going through from falling into oblivion. The title of the exhibition, 29 Looks, symbolically alludes to the 29 prohibitions against women's rights that the Taliban imposed by decree when they took power in the 90s. The Rawa list, a list that is still being disseminated today with more or less intensity in all corners of the country. This project aims to make people aware of a situation that currently exists in a part of the world where there are a series of restrictions against women incompatible with what is understood today as civilization. The central body of 29 views includes 32 images and their respective accompanying texts that have been recreated in different parts of Spain, evoking from a figurative perspective the suffering caused by the restrictions of the Taliban regime. The exhibition has other spaces and protagonists who also help with their documentary contributions to give an idea of ​​the hell that has resurfaced in Afghanistan. Among the photographers we find professionals who have great national and international recognition: Eugenio Recuenco, Vicente Esteban, Cristina Otero, Jesús Chacón, Ana Becerra, Ginebra Siddal, Luis Bueno, Neus Vendrell, Mara Saiz, Eva Cordero, Yolanda Purriños , Eli Joya, Pepa Valero, Beata Praska, Rebeca Alonso, Edu Pereira, Noemi Domínguez, Valeria Cassina, Begoña Osambela, Carlos Forcada, Manuel González, Kristina Reche, Elena Sanfrancisco, Toni Jiménez, Arancha Benedí, Carlos Santana, Juan Palomino, Esperanza Manzanera, Mary Guillén, Abel Castro, Maiona Roure, Rebeca Cárdenas, and Carlos Quirós. Among the authors of the texts, there are also prominent names from the world of literature, cinema, journalism, etc... with a clear profile of social and solidarity commitment: David Trueba, Isabel Coixet, Pedro Blanco, Cristina Morató, Sandra Sabatés, Ana Belén, Paloma del Rio, Itziar Miranda, Luis Alegre, Ebbaba Hameida, Daniel Basteiro, Fernando Olmeda, etc. It arrives in Elda thanks to the management of Vicente Esteban.
 

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