Horacio Fernández Martínez
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Horacio Fernández Martínez is a Spanish art historian, photography historian, and university professor. He has been a tenured professor of the History of Photography at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Cuenca since 1988. He is a prominent figure in the study of the photobook, having curated numerous major exhibitions and published several scholarly works on the subject. In 1999, he curated the significant exhibition "Fotografía Pública: Photography in Print 1919-1939" at the Reina Sofía museum. He also served as the general curator of PhotoEspaña, the international photography festival in Madrid, between 2004 and 2006. His work focuses on documenting the historical development of photography and the artistic evolution of the photobook in both Spain and Latin America.[1,2,3,4,5]
- history of the photobook
- photography history
- curation of photography
- Latin American photography
Works by Horacio Fernández Martínez
- 2011 The Latin American Photobook Compiled with input from a committee including Marcelo Brodsky, Iatã Cannabrava, Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, and Martin Parr.
- 1999 Fotografía Pública: Photography in Print 1919-1939 Catalog for the major exhibition curated by Fernández.
- Photobooks: Spain 1905-1977
- New York in Photobooks Catalogue for a traveling exhibition.
Exhibitions
- 1999 Fotografía Pública: Photography in Print 1919-1939