Cristina de middel prints
- Cristina de middel afronauts
- Cristina de Middel (born 1975) is a Spanish documentary photographer and artist living and working in Uruapan, Mexico.
- Cristina De Middel was born in Spain in 1975, and is now based between Mexico and Brazil.
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Cristina de Middel: Journey to the Center
Cristina de Middel: Journey to the Center
Cristina de Middel creates images that provoke deep thought in the viewer. Her photographic project “Journey to the Center,” which explores the phenomena surrounding the migration route through Mexico, draws inspiration from the atmosphere and symbolism of Jules Verne’s iconic novel *Journey to the Center of the Earth*.
By blending straightforward documentary photography with staged images and archival materials, she builds a rich, multi-layered narrative.
The migration route through Central America is depicted as a heroic and bold expedition. Mexico, the backdrop for this journey, is shown in all its captivating and extreme complexity.
With an exhibition at the 2024 Rencontres d’Arles and the image gracing the official poster of Arles 2024:
Cristina de Middel has spent years traveling with migrants on the infamous train known as “La Bestia,” conducting interviews with sicarios (hitmen), engaging in lengthy conversations with coyotes (human smugglers) and police offic
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Cristina De Middel was born in Spain in 1975, and is now based between Mexico and Brazil. She joined Magnum Photos in 2017 and became an associate member in 2019. In 2022, she became a full member of the agency and was voted in to replace Olivia Arthur as the new Magnum president.
De Middel investigates photography’s ambiguous relationship to truth. Blending documentary and conceptual photographic practices, she plays with reconstructions and archetypes to build a more layered understanding of the subjects she approaches. Working from the premise that mass media is reducing our real understanding of the world we live in, De Middel responds to an urgency to re-imagine tired aesthetic tropes and the insertion of opinion in place of facts.
De Middel’s impulse toward an unconventional angle developed after a 10-year career as a photojournalist. She moved away from straight documentary and produced the acclaimed series, The Afronauts (2012). This explored the history of a failed space program in Zambia in the 1960s through staged re-enactments of obscure narratives, challenging the
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Cristina de Middel
Spanish photographer
Cristina de Middel (born 1975) is a Spanish documentary photographer and artist living and working in Uruapan, Mexico.[1][2]
De Middel self-published The Afronauts in 2012, a photobook about the short-lived Zambian space program in Southern Africa.[3][4] According to Magnum Photos, the book "explored the history of a failed space program in Zambia in the 1960s through staged reenactments of obscure narratives, challenging the traditional depiction of the African continent".[5] The book quickly sold out and the work was met with critical acclaim.[6][7][8][9] She was nominated for the 2013 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for The Afronauts.[10]
In 2013, de Middel received the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography.[11] In 2017 she became a nominee member of Magnum Photos[12] and in 2022 became a full member.[5] In June 2022, she became the first Spaniard to be elected president o
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