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The Best of PhotoEspaña 2009

From Dorothea Lange’s Depression-era black-and-whites to Gerhard Richter’s vibrant photo paintings, VIEW OUR GALLERY from Madrid’s dazzling photography exhibition.

Published Jun. 4 2009 7:59AM EDT

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-13_y9gctp — Courtesy of Cheim & Read, New York

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-13_ctqfhx — From 'The Seventies: Volume Two,' ca. 1970
Courtesy of Cheim & Read, New York

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-9_wtmcmg — Horizonville, 2005

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-18_a9lhod — Self-portrait of Ugo Mulas, reflected in the mirror of Michelangelo Pistoletto, 'Vitalita del negativo.' Roma, 1970

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-10_bkozrf — Untitled. From the Series 'Cafe Lehmitz,' 1977

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-8_onhisj — Couple making love, Edam, 1970
Courtesy of the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam / Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-4_xvwbbb — Published in the book 'Gerhard Richter: Overpainted Photographs,' 2008
Courtesy of Privatbesitz Deutschland

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-12_arthak — Bakersfield, California, 1935
Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago / Estate of Hazel Jean Hanson

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-15_djmkl8 — From the series 'Black,' 2005

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-17_ze9o1n — Shoah and Post-Memory, 2008

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-19_vusckg — Bañeza, 2004
Cristóbal Hara / VEGAP. Madrid, 2007

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-20_l7jgqa — 01-05-2005

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-21_rwr6g6 — Belvedere, 2003
Courtesy of Fortes Vilacia Gallery, Sau Paulo

galleries/2009/06/04/the-best-of-photoespa-a-2009/photo-espana-22_jwizwb — Boy Stories, 2008

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