Caja Alberto García-Alix

Alberto García-Alix (León, Spain, 1956). Throughout his career he has received several national and international awards including the National Photography Prize (1999), the Prize of Photography of the Community of Madrid (2004), PHotoEspaña Prize (2012), and he’s been finalista, in 2014, of the Deutsche Börse prize.

Since the early 80s, he has completed numerous exhibitions, such in Les Rencontres Internationals d’Arles at the National Art Museum Reina Sofia in the Parisian Maison Europeenne de la Photography, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Castilla y León (MUSAC). Currently, until April 10, one of his last works, “A false horizon” is being exhibited at Tabacalera de Madrid, space managed by the spanish Department of Culture.

As an author, he has published a dozen books of photography and various audiovisual Works where narrative and image complement each other. The last book he has published is “MOTO” (Bike), a photo book published in 2015 by Cabeza de Chorlito, house that he has co-founded. “MOTO” gathers up his photos of the motorcycles, shouted since the late seventies until now. As an editor, it should be noted that he founded the cult magazine “El canto de la tripulación” in 1989.