As March ticks by and the dust settles on 2017, I've finally got round to a look-back at last year. It's been over 5 years now on the Sorolla trail and 2017 was definitely the most action-packed one yet. I covered a few more thousand kilometres and crossed the country more than a couple of times! Photoshoots in Extremadura, Aragon and Castilla-la-Mancha were a highlight as well as a mad few days down in Seville for the April fair once more, hanging out with fighting bulls and the Matadors that face them. Corpus Christi in Valencia in the early summer heat was another standout and a reminder of how much I love that city. I rounded off the year in the palm groves of Elche in some extraordinary mediterranean winter light unique to this corner of Spain. Oh, I almost forgot, I also had the honor of exhibiting my photographs alongside some paintings of the great man himself over in Cáceres which attracted a few thousand visitors. Thanks to everyone you helped make things a reality. Let's hope 2018 brings many more surprises; I have a feeling it will....
ZARAGOZA: A DANCE IN THE PARK
This summer I headed to Zaragoza in the Spanish province of Aragon to photograph a traditional Jota dance for the Sorolla project. Many thanks to Juan Carlos Serrano and his group, Semblante Aragonés, for organizing what was a fantastic spectacle and experience...
La Jota, Joaquin Sorolla, 1914
Montehermoso, February&May 2017
I've made 2 visits to the rural Extremaduran town of Montehermoso this year where Sorolla got his models for his El Mercado panel set in Plasencia. Both times I've been met by extremely friendly people who have gone out of their way to help me with the project...