Cristina García Rodero (born 14 October 1949), 1st Marchioness of Valle de Alcudia, is a Spanish

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and member of

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and Agence Vu photo agencies.

Life and work

Rodero was born in

Puertollano Puertollano () is a municipalities of Spain, municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha. The city has a population of 45,539 (2022). Contrasting to the largely rural character of the region, Puertollano stands o ...

, Spain, in 1949, and studied

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Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

. She has worked as a teacher. Rodero photographs the persistence of rural traditions in modern times, such as religious rites and festivals in Spain. In Spain she is among the most celebrated documentary photographers. Rodero joined

in 2005 and became a full member in 2009. In an Extraordinary Plenary Session held by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando on Monday, February 18, 2013, she was elected as a Full Academician for the Section of New Image Arts, occupying the vacant Medal held by Luis García Berlanga. The city of

, where she was born, inaugurated the "Cristina García Rodero" Museum in 2018. A large part of the photographer's work is exhibited there. The Cristina García Rodero Museum is located in the old municipal museum of Puertollano.There are more than 2,100 square meters distributed over three floors in which are displayed about 200 photographs of the artist.

Publications

*''España oculta.'' **''España oculta.'' Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1989, 1998. . **''España oculta.'' Munich: Bucher, 1990. . **''Espagne occulte.'' Paris: Contrejour, 1990. . *''España: Fiestas y ritos.'' Text by J.M. Caballero Bonald. **''España: Fiestas y ritos.'' Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1992. . **''Spanien. Feste und Riten.'' Schaffhausen: Stemmle, 1992. . **''Spagna in Fiesta.'' Milan: Jaca, 1994. . **''Festivals and rituals of Spain.'' New York: Abrams, 1994. . Translated by Wayne Finke. **''Espagne: Fêtes et traditions.'' Barcelona: Lunwerg, 1994. . *''Imágenes de una danza: Camuñas, "Pecados y Danzantes".'' Toledo: Diputación Provincial de Toledo, 1994. . *''Himerareta Supein-ten'' () = ''España oculta''. Mitaka, Tokyo: Mitaka City Gallery of Art, 1994. *''España Oculta: Public Celebrations in Spain, 1974-1989.'' Washington, D.C.:

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, 1995. . Foreword by Julio Caro Baroja and introduction by Mary M. Crain. *''La realidad múltiple.'' Logroño: Ochoa, 1995. . *''Fiestas de primavera en pueblos y aldeas de España.'' Madrid: Prensa Española General de Revistas, 1998. . With César Justel. *''Grabarka, o monte das 600 cruces: Unha peregrinación ortodoxa en Polonia.'' Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, 2000. . *''Lo Festivo y lo Sagrado.'' Madrid: Consejería de Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2001. *''Rituales en Haití.'' Madrid: Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Dirección General de Bellas Artes y Bienes Culturales, 2001. , . With

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. *''Grabarka, el monte de las 6000 cruces: Una peregrinación ortodoxa en Polonia.'' Granada: Diputación de Granada, 2002. . *''Cristina García Rodero. Rituale; Fotografien.'' Munich: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst, 2004. . *''Cristina García Rodero: Historia de una Pasión.'' **''Cristina García Rodero: Historia de una Pasión.'' Madrid: La Fábrica, 2004. . **''Cristina García Rodero.'' Madrid: La Fábrica, 2008. . Second edition. Includes ''Historia de una pasión'' by

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. *''A peregrinación a Santiago en Haití.'' Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, 2004. . *''Paso doble - Cristina García Rodero und Giorgio von Arb: Fotografien zur Volkskultur in Spanien und in der Schweiz.'' Uster: Edition Villa am Aabach, 2005. . With Giorgio von Arb. *''Cristina García Rodero: María Lionza, la diosa de los ojos de agua.'' Madrid: Ayuntamiento, 2008. . *''España oculta: Colección de arte contemporáneo Fundación "La Caixa".'' Barcelona: Obra Social, Fundación "La Caixa", 2010. . *''A 1,20 metros: Los derechos de la infancia vistos desde su altura.'' Madrid: Consejo General de la Abogacía Española, 2010. . With other contributors. *''Transtempo.'' Madrid: La Fábrica; Santiago de Compostela: Xunta de Galicia, Consellería de Cultura e Turismo, 2011. , . *''Cristina García Rodero: Combatiendo la nada.'' Alcobendas: Ayuntamiento de Alcobendas, 2012. . *''Los siete pecados capitales.'' Palabra e imagen. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2014. . With Gustavo Martín Garzo and Elisa Martin Ortega.

Awards

*1989: Book Award,

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, for ''España Oculta''. *1989: W. Eugene Smith Grant for her work documenting the culturally important festivals and rituals in rural southern European communities which are about to disappear. *1996: Premio Nacional de Fotografía, Spain. *1998: Honorary Fellowship of the

Royal Photographic Society The Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, commonly known as the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), is the world's oldest photographic society having been in continuous existence since 1853. It was founded in London, England, in 1853 as th ...

Exhibitions with others

*1994:

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, London. *2001:

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, Venice. *2016: Photobiennale, Moscow

Collections

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References

External links

Rodero's profile at Magnum Photos

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