Jonah Bel. The Eagle. Four glances
The gaze of Jonás Bel on the Eagle
Both the Archive and the Regional Library of the Community of Madrid are centers that gather, store and preserve the documentary and bibliographic production of Madrid. These files can be consulted by the public in different ways in rooms arranged in their buildings or through online portals. For a few days, some of these documents change their spaces and routines to go out and get to know El Águila. Thanks to the digital projector, our current magic lantern that reverses the design of the camera obscura and allows us to project images to the outside, some of the historical photographs that are preserved in the regional Archive and Library have been able to travel, tour and integrate into others places other than yours.
Jonah Bel
Photographs: Jonás Bel
Videomapping: Cynthia González
Jonah Bel
Jonás Bel has a degree in Art History from the UAM and a diploma in Documentary Film from the Instituto del Cine-NIC. He has also taken EFTI's Professional and Digital Photography courses and the specialty of Image Editor-Editor at the Higher Institute of Professional Studies-CEU. Member of the NOPHOTO collective since 2005.
He was the winner of the Rita Castellote Gallery First International Prize, finalist in the 2003 Purificación García Photographic Contest and finalist in 2011 PhotoEspaña Discoveries. In addition, he has exhibited collectively and individually different photographic and video works in institutions such as Oliva Arauna Gallery (Madrid), Matadero (Madrid), Instituto Cervantes (China, Europe and Latin America), PhotoEspaña 2009 and 2014, Casa Árabe (Madrid), Reina Sofía Library, Casa de Vacas Cultural Center, or Lázaro Galdiano Museum, among others.
He has carried out photographic documentation work for different companies and cultural institutions such as Arco, Madrid City Council, La Fábrica, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, National Heritage and publications for various media such as ABC, Diario de Navarra, Exit, GoMag, Harper's Bazaar, Le Monde, Fish Eye and Public.
Finally, he has published two photography books at PHREE publishing house: The Palentino y 2013 with Rafael Trapiello.
