'Confines' by Aitor Lara in Seville

The work of Aitor Lara addresses different issues related to sociocultural values and the concepts of identity and anonymity, suggesting the viewer new ways to understand the contemporary reality. His work in different countries allowed him to explore and deeply understand the lifestyles and the anthropological dimensions of various social minorities and even secret societies.

"Aitor Lara's photographs propose a return to the ambivalences of documentary portraits and the contextualization through the image. They offer us a decisive, thorough and specific journey, on the level of a doctoral thesis which advocates for photography and not words, deepens into the lack of socio-cultural values, their voluble significance and sickly character, both the identity and anonymity, contribute to society today, whatever part of the world where the staging of human terminology is captured."
Marcos Fernandez

His professional career began in 1999 upon receiving the photography award from Spanish gallerist Juana de Aizpuru, and showing his work in international photography fairs such as ARCO and ParisPhoto. In 2004, he receives the research grant Ruy de Clavijo from the Casa Asia program of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain to carry out a project in Uzbekistan. This work resulted in the publication of the book Tower of Silence in 2008. He also published the book Maestranza, a photographic report about the bullring of Seville. This work was exhibited in large format in the facade of the FNAC building in Seville. In 2010, he participated in the OjodePez Photo Meeting Barcelona. He has published in magazines such as NewsWeek, CNN, NBC, Financial Times, OjodePez or Vokrug Sveta. In 2012, he published the book Ronda Goyesca edited by La Fábrica.

In 2013 he carried out an assignment by Save the Children to document the situation of Children in Poverty in Spain and he also received the Endesa Art Grant. In 2014 he received the PhotoEspaña OjodePez Award of Human Values and honorable mention of UNICEF.

Where.- Galería Rafael Ortiz. Calle de los Mármoles, 12, 41004 Seville, Spain.
When.- From 5th November to 30th December 2015.