In the summer of 2015, dozens of young people drink and dance at the Sónar concerts in Barcelona. Half-naked bodies lay on the grass, in suspenders. And among the crowd was the photographer Jorge Ribalta and his double-lens camera. “I was walking around as a two-lens Rolleiflex and they asked me: ‘Hey, what century is your camera from?’“, he told laSexta.
“Introducing an old and obsolete camera in a context where that camera is not expected makes a different time appear within that situation”, the photographer has detailed. His photographs, taken during four consecutive editions of the festival, are part of the exhibition ‘Everything is true, documents and fictions’; photographs that document more than 30 years of career.
Photographs that also capture on paper the intangible passion and nerve of flamenco. With his style Ribalta has also traveled to Jerez de la Frontera, where he has entered the rehearsal room of Paca la Monea, in taverns and tabancos, he has presented Joaquín el Zambo in his fish market or Pepe Perejil singing to him from the bar. “I try to show the peñas, bars and tablaos outside of the clichés”, Ribalta explained.
The photographer has also given names and surnames to those who stand in front of his camera: Lydia, Francisco or Lucía. “The exhibition has been a therapy for me, a reconciliation“, he has reflected. In total, 14 photographic projects that highlight the importance of being in the right place at the right time: “In an era dominated by discourses on post-truth, I hope that this exhibition will serve to offer an alternative story “.
Because taking photos is not just a way of seeing the world; Also, a way of thinking and show that photography is still alive.
Source: Lasexta
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