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Jesús Umbría Brito

Jesús Umbría Brito

Retaguardia

“Retaguardia” is a project that portrays post-pandemic youth immersed in the underground subcultures of Madrid. Young people embrace the sounds and aesthetics of past decades while establishing a connection with the generations that were part of those scenes.

Awards

World Photo Annual

2024

Honorable Mention

Portrait

Non Professional

Retaguardia

“Retaguardia” is a project that portrays post-pandemic youth immersed in the underground subcultures of Madrid. Young people embrace the sounds and aesthetics of past decades while establishing a connection with the generations that were part of those scenes.

About Artist

Jesús Umbría Brito

Jesús Umbría Brito (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1971) Jesús Umbría Brito has a degree in Information Sciences from the Polytechnic University of Valencia. He currently combines his activity as an audiovisual producer with the development of personal photographic projects. He has completed PHotoESPAÑA’s Master of Photographic Projects Program, as well as training in narrative and in the photobook discipline with Elisa Miralles, and the Masa Madre workshop with Juan Brenner. Jesús received the ADG Laus Bronze Award in the complete book category, was finalist in the Promax Europe Awards in Vienna and was the winner of the human/culture best new talent category at the Analogue Sparks Photography Awards. His work was selected for ENAIRE Foundation's 2024 Photography Awards exhibition at the opening of PHotoESPAÑA 2024, sited at the Royal Botanical Gardens of Madrid. Identity, intergenerational links, gender, diversity and the complexity of the world around us are recurring themes in the development of his body of work, which focuses on representing those who live on cultural margins.

Jesús Umbría Brito

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film/Analog, Fine Art, Portrait

Location

Spain

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