sana Cabañero is a photographer and visual artist based in Madrid, Spain. Her work focuses on travel and intimate stories that delve into human memory and emotions.
She has been invited to participate in the Nuits des Images (2018), organised by the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña (2017) and received several awards and mentions, among them, the finalist winner of the LensCulture Street Awards (2015) and the recipient of the XV Albarracin Seminar Award. In 2013 she was a finalist at the International Photographic Contest Alliance Française-Fundación Pilar Citoler.
Her images have been exhibited in ARCOmadrid International Contemporary Art Fair, PhotoEspaña, the Alliance Française, Voies Off Arles, Athens Photo Festival, Istanbul Documentary Days, among others, and published in LensCulture, El País, the Guardian, Vision Magazine China and other national and international online media.
In December 2020, she self-published her first book, Hombrecino (Little man), a project that explores the collective memory of her country through a list of names of people who disappeared in the Spanish Civil War and the memories of her grandfather. The book has been internationally recognised and is part of the archive «Memoria fotográfica de la guerra civil«, the first archive of photographic memory of the Civil War created at University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
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Susana Cabañero es una fotógrafa y artista visual afincada en Madrid, España. Su trabajo personal se centra en el viaje e historias íntimas que ahondan en la memoria y las emociones humanas.
Ha sido invitada a participar en las Nuits des Images (2018), organizadas por el Musée de l’Elysée de Lausana, en Descubrimientos PhotoEspaña (2017) y ha recibido varios premios y menciones, entre ellos, finalista de los premios LensCulture Street Awards (2015) y ganadora del Premio del XV Seminario de Albarracín. En 2013 fue finalista del Concurso Internacional de Fotografía Alianza Francesa-Fundación Pilar Citoler.
Sus imágenes se han expuesto en la Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo ARCOmadrid, PhotoEspaña, la Alianza Francesa, Voies Off Arles, Athens Photo Festival, Istanbul Documentary Days, entre otros, y publicadas en LensCulture, El País, The Guardian, Vision Magazine China y otros medios online nacionales e internacionales.
En diciembre de 2020 autopublicó su primer libro, Hombrecino, un proyecto que explora la memoria colectiva de su país a través de una lista de desaparecidos en la Guerra Civil y de los recuerdos de su abuelo. El libro ha recibido varios premios internacionales y forma parte del archivo «Memoria fotográfica de la guerra civil«, el primer archivo de memoria fotográfica de la Guerra Civil creado por la Universidad Jaume I de Castellón.
2023
La memoria en los márgenes. Several authors. Ed. Fundación Anastasio de Gracia (Manuel Fernández Lito), URJC, 2023
2020
Hombrecino. self-published. December 2020
2024-2025
Ecos de la memoria. Fotolibros del presente. Collective. Castell de Montjuïc. Barcelona, Spain.
2023
Ecos de la memoria. Fotolibros del presente. Collective. Museo de Bellas Artes de Castellón, Valencia, Spain.
2021
La memoria en los márgenes. Festival Robert Capa estuvo aquí.
Record Cultural Center, Moscow
Mifa winners exhibition. PhotoPro photo center, Moscow
2018
Nuits des Images. Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2017
Athens Photo Festival. Benaki Museum Athens, Greece
Street photography. Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece
UrbanZientzia, Olatu!!!Talka!!! Museo Teknahi, San Sebastián (Basque Country), Spain
2016
Albarracín Photography and Journalism Meeting, Audiovisual Projections, Iglesia-Auditorio Santa Maria, Spain
Voies Off Festival, LensCulture, Screening Nights, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
Género y Figura, audiovisual platform for women photographers.
2015
Second Documentary Photography Days, Turkish Photography Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey
Jornadas de los grandes viajes, ungranviaje.org, Casa del Reloj, Madrid, Spain
2014
No comment, PhotoEspaña Meetings, curated by Julián Barón and Alejandro Castellote, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain
2013
Landscapes of the Body / Paysages du Corps, Médiatèque of Biarritz, Biarritz, France
Landscapes of the Body / Paysages du Corps, OpenPHoto PhotoEspaña, Alliance Française Madrid, Spain
Ill Encuentros Hispánico Art, fundación Hispánico.nl, Zeddam, the Netherlands
Libros Mutantes Book Fair, dummy Hombrecino, Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain
ARCOmadrid, Madrid, Spain
2022
Gold winner in Book category, Tokyo Foto Awards
2021
1st Place, Book Self Published, IPA International Photography Awards 2021
Jury Top 5 selection, IPA International Photography Awards 2021
Gold in Book/Documentary & 1st place winner – Book Photographer of the year, Moscow International Foto Awards
Bronze winner Book category, PX3 Prix de la photography Paris
Silver winner in Book Documentary at Budapest International Foto Awards 2021
2017
Honorable Mention. Conceptual Category, MonoVisions Photography Awards
Selected at Descubrimientos PHE PhotoESPAÑA
Honorable mention. People Category, IPA International Photography Awards
2016
Honorable mention. One-shot: Climate change, Air, IPA International Photography Awards
2015
Series Finalist. LensCulture Street Photography Awards
Recipient. XV Albarracin Photography and Journalism Meeting scholarship, directed by Gervasio Sanchez and Sandra Balcells
2013
Finalist. Landscapes of the Body / Paysages du Corps International Photographic Contest, Alliance Française-Fundación Pilar Citoler
2010
Finalist. X Albarracin Photography and Journalism Meeting scholarship
2022
Los libros a las fábricas, Deutz Zafra, Badajoz, Spain
Photobook Club Castellón, Spain
XXXV Semana Negra de Gijón, Spain
2019
Obligados al silencio, II Festival Robert Capa estuvo aquí, round table discussion organised by Fundación Anastasio de Gracia-FITEL held at Goethe Institut Madrid
Conference about Photobooks and Memory, II Festival Robert Capa estuvo aquí, Espacio Emma Madrid
2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2024. Albarracin Photography and Journalism Meeting, directed by Gervasio Sanchez and Sandra Balcells
2012. Les Rencontres d’Arles de la Photographie, France
2011. Blankpaper Photography School, Madrid
2004. Diploma on Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, COVER / CORBIS Photo Agency, Madrid
1999. Master’s Degree in Physics, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London
She has also followed photography workshops with Laia Abril, Isabel Muñoz, Gervasio Sánchez, David Jiménez, Nikos Economopoulos, Antonio Xoubanova, and courses on photojournalism, digital photography and documentary film production.
ARCHIVES
Collection Alliance Française of Spain
Gabriela Cendoya Bergareche Collection, Museo San Telmo San Sebastián
Archivo: Memoria fotográfica de la guerra civil
SELECTED MEDIA
Podcast: Calle Oscura: Un libro que es un Secreto. De Jota Barrios
MIFA 2021 Winner, Book – Interview
«Festival Robert Capa, donde el presente se encuentra con el futuro», min 05:50, short documentary film
Feature and LensCulture Video Interview with Susana Cabañero
El País Photo album: Hombrecino’s list
LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2015: Addis Ababa: The Epiphany
Género y Figura. Featured Photographer
No comment: the audiovisual is a critique look of Spain throughout the images of photographers who have worked on various issues and approaches in the past 15 years. min 15:25