Mediodía
David Hornillos
Dalpine
Spanish
Softcover
Edition of 600
128 pages
130 x 180 mm
2014
ISBN 9788461699186
Madrid’s Atocha station was formerly known as Mediodía (Midday), as it was the city’s Southbound railway hub. This is the location where David Hornillos worked between 2011 and 2014, during the central hours of the day. Mediodía presents an enveloping world of orange brick bathed in a vibrant light that irresistibly draws in and traps all living beings like a dragnet. With the colour orange in a leading role, David’s work faces the viewer against this brick wall, drawing him into the atmosphere of a stifling and hypnotic mental state.
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About the Artist
David Hornillos (Madrid, 1974). He lives and works in Madrid. He has been awarded the ARCO 2013 Documentary Photography Award. He has participated in various exhibitions such as “Books that are photos, photos that are books” at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia (Madrid); “P2P Contemporary Practices of Spanish Photography” (Photoespaña 2014); Lanzadera, 2015, CentroCentro Madrid, Palacio de Cibeles ; Circulations 2016, Centquatre, Paris; Wuhan Art Museum, Wuhan (China); “Photography & Resistance. A New Generation of Spanish Photographers ”, FOMU, Antwerp. Belgium; “Blank Paper, Histories du présent immédiat”, Reencontres de Arles 2017, Arles, France; “Blank Paper, Stories of the immediate present”, Xiamen. China. His first book, “Mediodia” (Dalpine), published in 2014, was nominated for the Photobook Award Kassel 2014 Best Book of the Year and the First Book Award MACK 2014. His second book “Ustedes, los vivos” (Dalpine), published in 2018, was finalist for The Rencontres d’Arles Prix du livre 2019 and finalist of the Best Book of the Year PhotoEspaña 2019. In 2025, he publishes his last book, “NORTE” (Handshake Books), finalist for The Rencontres d’Arles Prix du livre 2025.
https://www.davidhornillos.es/
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About the Publisher
Dalpine was founded in 2010 and based in Madrid. It is a publishing house and a bookstore focused on selling self-published photobooks and books produced by independent publishers.
https://www.dalpine.com/en-eu
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