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Joaquín Alarcón

Degree in History Modern and Contemporary

Photographer / Plastic Artist

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Born in Malaga. I graduated in Modern and Contemporary History from the University of Seville, where I discovered my true passion in the last year of university; where I completed a course at the university in black and white photography and lab, which was eye-opening.

I started working in photography related to Travel and luxury hotels together with Michelle Chaplow, creating articles for the British Airways magazine,  Mediterranean Life throughout the Mediterranean basin for 20 years in different countries; Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Girona, Seville, Granada, Cádiz, France, Switzerland, Ukraine (Kiev), United States (California and Minnesota), England (London) and Morocco.

In this period of work and learning my vocation established itself, taking training courses in lighting with the photographer from Malaga, Miguel Alba and Miguel Oriola at the Efti school in Madrid.

 

I participated in the production work and did the making off for a fashion article that the wonderful photographer Manuel Outumuro did for Woman Magazine on the Costa del Sol, and I completed a Contemporary Photography course at the CAC in Malaga with Eduardo D'acosta, experiences that helped me a lot to learn my craft and grow as a photographer.

 

During the following years, I combined photography with my work in Interior Design, at BALTUS design furniture company, owned by decorators Renato Costa and Pedro Peña, in which I developed production control works, organization and scenographic management work in the assembly. of stands.

We exhibited at the furniture fairs of Maison et Object in Paris, at Ifema Madrid and Hábitat Valencia for three years consecutively.

 

For more than 20 years I have dedicated myself to promoting housing photography for developers and real estate companies such as Metrovacesa, Neinor, Magnum-Partners, Engel & Voelkers, Century 21 hotel and artistic.

Since 2018 I have been the official photographer of Spain for the French hotel chain Pierre et Vacances, and I have made reports in Mallorca, Andorra, Gerona, Tarragona, the Valencian Community and the Costa del Sol, especially in Estepona, Manilva, Fuengirola and Benalmádena.

I collaborate for the “Mercado del Arte” gallery in Marbella, photographing the exhibition work and creating temporary displays.

Artistic Work

It is an autobiographical work with photos from my past and others that I took from my beginnings as a photographer, both in analog and digital.

I combined them with old wooden frames, fruit crates, packing crates, threads, fabrics, papers; almost all of it rescued from the street and abandoned places.

It is a pleasure to find those pieces, like unexpected and forgotten treasures that merge with my works and take on a new life. Recycling and understanding the value of objects is very important to me and I believe it is essential for good living on our wonderful earth. I love uniting photography with other artistic disciplines, establishing analogies and possible languages, and making everything work.

 

My work for several years in the world of interior design and collabotation with artisans from different specialties has had a lot to do with this combination that I feel so passionate about.

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