Instagram Takeover: Carlos Alba

Photographer Carlos Alba, takes over our Instagram account June, 2017.

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Carlos Alba (Madrid, b.1984) is an independent visual storyteller from Madrid (Spain) based in London (UK). His work is focused on human relations in the modern world. His photographs have a conceptual approach and they reflect contemporary social issues. His tools are objects and archives that help him find the photographs He wants to take.

Morning! ? This is @carlosalbaphoto taking over @photoworks_uk. Please take a look at my first monograph ‘The Observation of Trifles’ published by @lafabrica_. The photobook has been exhibited at Impressions Gallery, Scan Tarragona, Fotofestiwal, Format Festival… Now it’s being exhibited in PhotoEspaña and “Photobook Phenomenon” at CCCB in Barcelona, Spain. You can find it in collections and libraries like Tate Modern, Harvard, Fotocolectania and Landskrona Museum. If you’re interested in knowing more about the book, feel free to ask me on @carlosalbaphoto Thanks! #carlosalba #theobservationoftrifles #takingover #photobook #photobookjousting #lafabrica #eastlondon #london

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He was a recipient of the Landskrona Foto Residency (2017), Zona C Visual Artist Awards (2016) and Flash Forward UK (2016). He was shortlisted for the Nexofoto IberoAmerican Award (2015 & 2016). He was a finalist of Encontros Da Imagem (2016), Grand Prix Fotofestiwal (2016) and Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña (2015). His work was exhibited at various galleries and museums worldwide, most recently at Format Festival (Derby, 2017) Auditorio de Galicia (Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2017), La Fabrica Gallery (Madrid, Spain, 2016), Fotofestiwal Art Inkubator (Lodz, Poland, 2016), PhotoEspaña (Madrid, Spain, 2016), Festival Circulation(s) (Paris, France, 2016) DOCfield, Arts Santa Monica (Barcelona, Spain, 2016), Bitume PhotoFest (Lecce, Italy, 2016), Thessaloniki Museum of Photography (Thessaloniki, Greece, 2016)…

Good Morning!!? This is @carlosalbaphoto taking over @photoworks_uk with my work ‘The Observation of Trifles’. These cool lovers are Wizzie & Jesson. I met them when I was looking for the owner of a “love letter” that I found on the street. We spent more than 1 hour talking about my project, music, party and… Ibiza! ? After this nice conversatiton, I took this photograph in Hackney Downs, East London. You can find more stories about #theobservationoftrifles on @carlosalbaphoto #carlosalba #photoworks_uk #filmphotography #mediumformat #portrait #teenagers #love #lovers #hackney #eastlondon

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Good morning Photoworks friends!? This is @carlosalbaphoto taking over @photoworks_uk They are Baraa and Salam from Syria. They lost everything in the war and they moved to Sweden as refugees. They met in Landskrona 3 years ago and now they are married. Viva! This is an ongoing long term project about the migration crisis in Europe. I’m working in the city of Landskrona thanks to the support of @Landskronafotofestival #carlosalba #takingover #ongoingproject #migration #refugees #syria #love #truelove #portrait #lovers #filmphotography #mediumformat #filmisnotdead #sweden #muslim

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Hi! This is @carlosalbaphoto taking over #photoworks_uk This is one of the portraits from my ongoing project ‘Apollo House’ They are Marco & Elliot #carlosalba #takingover #summer #london #portrait #film #filmphotography #mediumformat #pictureoftheday #gay #queer #lovers #love #apollohouse #ongoingproject #workinprogress

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His recent monograph “The Observation of Trifles” published by La Fabrica (2016) was shown on Photobook Phenomenon at CCCB & FotoColectania (Barcelona, Spain, 2017), SCAN photobooks festival (Tarragona, Spain, 2016) and Impressions Gallery (Bedford, UK, 2016).

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