XI Edition of the Photographic Days

From the 8th to the 10th of November, the Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró Photography Days were held at Masia Bas in Platja d'Aro. It should be remembered that, since 2014, Fotoplatjadaro has been bringing photographic culture to photography enthusiasts and professionals through workshops, courses, seminars, competitions, exhibitions and Photography Days in Castell d'Aro, Platja d'Aro and S'Agaró.

Regarding the conferences, the organizers, in a critical review, state that "we have identified that there is a chronic underrepresentation of women among our speakers. A lack of visibility that does not correspond to the large group of professionals, artists, thinkers, students and other women interested in photography. For this reason, we have built this 11th edition around photographers and women professionals in photography who think, reflect, create, star and are an indispensable and consubstantial part of La Fotografia".

This is an initiative of the City Council and the Mercè Rodoreda Library , and the coordination of the activities is in charge of the Photographic Association "Educant la Mirada" . The activities and photography days are free to participate, with prior registration.

For this edition, the image of Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) has been chosen, considered the first female photojournalist in history and the first woman to earn a reputation as the "unofficial" photographer of the White House.

11th Competition of Photographic Projects

Regarding the 11th Photographic Projects Competition , the first prize went to Juan Luís Durant Guinot (Spain) for the photograph 'Miners'. The second prize went to Subrata Dey (Bangladesh), for 'Dissonance Harmony', and the third prize was awarded to Mahdi Zabolabbasi (Iran) for 'Spinning'.

As for the Young Author Award , it went to Marina Fernández Fernández (Spain) for 'Veintiocho', and the Local Award went to Josep Boada (Catalonia) for 'El latido de las especies'.

For its part, Platja d'Aro City Council has published a catalog that presents a selection of the winning and finalist works, among more than 4,400 photographs, corresponding to 419 projects sent by 338 participants from 52 countries. All of them were part of the 11th competition of photographic projects "Educating the Look". The organization gives a very positive assessment of this competition, which serves to "encourage both the practice of photography and the analysis and visual appreciation".

Jardins de la Masia Bas de Platja d’Aro.