Cristóbal Hara
photographer
Cristóbal Hara is a prominent Spanish photographer known for his work in documentary and street photography. Born in Madrid in 1946 to a German mother and a Spanish father, he spent much of his childhood in the Philippines and the United States before studying law and business administration in Madrid, Hamburg, and Munich. He turned to photography professionally in 1969, initially working in black and white under the influence of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. In 1985, he transitioned exclusively to color, developing a unique visual language that blends documentary reality with pictorial influences from Spanish masters like Goya and Velázquez. His work often captures 'irrelevant moments'—poetic, fleeting instances of everyday life in Spain. He has received numerous accolades, including the National Photography Prize in 2022, and his works are held in major international collections such as the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Victoria & Albert Museum.[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
- street photography
- documentary photography
- Spanish folklore
- color photography
Books
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Lances de Aldea€184.00
Works by Cristóbal Hara
- 1990 Cuatro cosas de España
- 1992 Lances de Aldea Dedicated to rural bullfighting.
- 1998 Lagarto, Lagarto
- 1998 Vanitas Awarded Best Photography Book of the Year by PhotoEspaña 99.
- 2004 An Imaginary Spaniard
- 2006 Cristóbal Hara
- 2006 Contranatura
- 2007 Autobiografía Received the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis in 2008.
- 2021 España color 1985-2020
- 2025 Principiante
Exhibitions
- 1974 Three Photographers
- 1976 La Photogalería
- 1989 Galería Redor
- 1991 Canon Image Centre
- 1992 Galería Visor
- 1992 Tarazona Foto
- 1993 Museo de Albacete
- 1993 Museo Taurino Municipal de Córdoba
- 1993 Palacio de la Gobernación
- 1998 Fundación Antonio Pérez
- 2000 Journées Photographiques de Bienne
- 2004 Galería Assolibri
- 2005 Alice Austen House Museum
- 2006 Canal de Isabel II
- 2007 Huis Marseille
- 2007 Centro Cultural Las Claras
- 2009 La Llotja del Canem
- 2009 Museu Coleçao Berardo
- 2009 Galería Marlborough
- 2012 Galería Sánchez de la Madrid
- 2013 Galería Marlborough
- 2016 Centro de Fotografía Contemporánea
- 2017 Galería Marlborough
- 2020 Espaço SP620
- 2023 Galería Blanca Berlín
- 2023 Museo de Arte Abstracto Español
- 2025 Fundación Caja de Burgos
- 2026 Fundación Juan March
Awards
- 2022 Premio Nacional de Fotografía
- 2008 Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (German Photography Book Prize)
- 2016 Premio Bartolomé Ros
References
- Cristóbal Hara link
- Entrevista a Cristóbal Hara. Blackkamera, Escuela de Fotografía de Bilbao. 2019 link
- Hara, fotodocumentalista que mira la luz con ojos de poeta. La Voz de Galicia. 2022 link
- Manuel Morales. Premio Bartolomé Ros a la obra contracorriente de Cristóbal Hara. El País. 2016 link
- Manuel Morales. Cristóbal Hara, premio Nacional de Fotografía: “Una imagen icónica de España es el toro muerto en el desolladero”. El País. 2022 link
- La radio tiene ojos - Cristóbal Hara (Primera parte). RTVE.es. 2023 link
- Luismi Romero Carrasco. Cristóbal Hara: rompiendo las reglas, fotografiando en libertad. CVC. Rinconete. 2023 link
- Carazo, Guillermo. Cristóbal Hara, el fotógrafo que pinta el folclore español. elDiario.es. 2022 link