PHoto España, courtesy of PHoto España

PHotoEspaña 2010 will take place from 9th June to 25th July. The heart of the Festival in Madrid is located along the Paseo de Castellana, which runs through the city centre. For the past two years the city of Cuenca has become a neighboring location of the Festival.
The 13th of this Photography and Visual Arts Festival will offer a program including 69 exhibitions, 30 forming part of the Official Section, with works from 372 artists from 41 different countries.

Harold Edgerton- Disparando a la manzana. 1964/Shooting The Apple,1964 Courtesy of Palm Press inc. Harold&Esther Edgerton Foundation,2010

The Official Section, directed by Sérgio Mah - general curator of PHE10 - will develop the theme of Time, a program with a selection of artists and visual work, which highlights the experience, and perception of time and its direct relationship with photography.
Besides the exhibitions PHE10 will present over 120 activities: photography workshops, portfolio presentation, debates, master classes, guided tours, educational programs, family workshops, projections and activities in the street.
PHotoEspaña, is a Festival that generated by popular demand in 1998, and today attracts more than six hundred thousand people and receives acclaim from prestigious critics. The growing international interest in PHotoEspaña has enabled the Festival to collaborate with a different country in each edition. - CF

Published 31.05.2010