Basque Country –
Promoted by the Begihandi collective, the Getxophoto 2014 takes place in Getxo in the Basque Country with this year’s theme being ‘Struggles‘. World-acclaimed French critic and curator Christian Caujolle has taken the helm of this year’s edition, bringing his distinguished vision to the streets of Getxo. He writes: “We know what that dream of equality, of the eradication of discrimination and of hope for the future meant and continues to represent for North American society and, moreover, for everyone in the world who yearns for greater justice and equality. It was a dream that was tied to struggle. A struggle for what the Americans called civil rights, human rights. This worldwide fight took the form of demonstrations demanding autonomy or independence, improvements in living conditions, respect for dignity, the end of exploitation or equal opportunities in access to education. It’s a long and perhaps endless list, because today, too, maybe more than yesterday or in more internationalized, more globalized ways, there continues to be inequality in the world.. The world has still not improved, but the conditions and modalities of image production have changed. The rapid circulation of pixels on the Internet and the immediacy of the transmission of information, sound and movement have left their mark on the role of photo-journalism, although the sources are often impossible to discern, and their reliability is increasingly shaky. But we are in the era of the image. And this is the context in which we approach the question of struggles.”
From the series ‘War Theatre’ © Mikel Bastida
