Juan Manuel Castro Prieto

Juan Manuel Castro Prieto is a Spanish photographer born in Madrid in 1958. He began his photography career in the early 1970s and graduated from the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid in 1982. Throughout his career, he has combined his personal work with commissioned photography for media and publishing. Castro Prieto is known for his poetic and evocative photographic style, characterized by the use of light and shadow to create evocative and enigmatic atmospheres. His photographs, which focus on urban and rural landscapes, as well as portraits and everyday scenes, have been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums around the world. Among the awards and recognitions he has received are the National Photography Prize in 2015, the Bartolomé Ros Prize for Best Graphic Work in 2011, and the Kodak Foundation Photography Prize in 1994. His work has also been included in important collections, such as those of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, and the Telefónica Foundation. In addition to his work as a photographer, Castro Prieto has also taught workshops and lectures on photography at various institutions and has published several books, such as "El factor humano" and "México." His work continues to be relevant and admired in the world of contemporary Spanish photography.