Laia Abril Explained

Laia Abril (born 1986) is a Catalan artist whose work relates to bio-politics, grief and women’s rights. Her books include The Epilogue (2014), which documents the indirect victims of eating disorders; and a long-term project A History of Misogyny which includes On Abortion (2018), about the repercussions of abortion controls in many cultures; and On Rape (2022) about gender-based stereotypes and myths, as well as the failing structures of law and order, that perpetuate rape culture.

On Abortion won the Photobook of the Year award at the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards. In 2018 she was awarded the Tim Hetherington Trust's Visionary Award to work on On Rape. For a History Of Misogyny, in 2019 she was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Hood Medal and in 2020 she was awarded the Paul Huf Award from Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam.

Life and work

Abril was born in 1986 in Barcelona, Spain. She gained a degree in journalism in Barcelona. She moved to New York City to study photography at the International Center of Photography. In 2009 she enrolled at Fabrica research centre, the artist residency of Benetton in Italy, where she worked as a staff photographer and consultant photo editor at Colors magazine for five years.

Since 2010, Abril worked on various projects exploring the subject of eating disorders:[1] A Bad Day, a short film about a young girl struggling with bulimia; Thinspiration (2012), which explores the use of photography in pro-ana websites; and The Epilogue (2014), documenting the indirect victims of eating disorders, through the story of the Robinson family and the aftermath of the death of Cammy Robinson to bulimia.[2] [3] [4] Critic Sean O'Hagan, wrote in The Guardian, that The Epilogue "... is a sombre and affecting photobook ... dense and rewarding ... At times, it makes for a painful read. From time to time, I had to put it down, take a breather. But I kept going back."[5]

Her long-term project A History of Misogyny includes Chapter One: On Abortion, about the repercussions of abortion controls in many different cultures;[6] and Chapter Two: On Rape: and Institutional Failure,[7] "a visualisation of the origin of gender-based stereotypes and myths, as well as the failing structures of law and order, that continue to perpetuate rape culture."[8]

Publications

Books by Abril

Catalogues and publications with others

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions or exhibitions during festivals

Awards

Collections

Abril's work is held in the following public collection:

Notes

  1. Web site: Laia Abril's Thinspiration Photos Are Unbearable. 13 September 2014 . 14 November 2014 . Rachel . Segal Hamilton . .
  2. News: The best photography books out now. 13 October 2014 . 14 November 2014 . Claire . Holland . .
  3. Web site: The Epilogue: Laia Abril. 1 October 2014 . 14 November 2014 . Joanna . Cresswell . The Photographers' Gallery .
  4. Web site: Laia Abril – The Epilogue. 8 September 2014 . 14 November 2014 . Jörg . Colberg . Jörg Colberg .
  5. News: 'I don't know how to get better': Laia Abril shows the hell of eating disorders. 26 August 2014 . 13 October 2014 . Sean . O'Hagan . Sean O'Hagan (journalist) . .
  6. Web site: 2018-05-26. Laia Abril On Abortion. The Guardian. 20 July 2016 .
  7. Web site: 2018-05-26. Abril on Rape epidemic. The Guardian.
  8. Web site: dewi lewis. publishing. 2022-09-16. On Rape: and Institutional Failure. dewi lewis publishing.
  9. The catalogue for From Here On is reproduced here (Issuu).
  10. Not to be confused with Fabrica research centre in Italy, where Abril was enrolled.
  11. Web site: On Rape at FOAM.
  12. Web site: On Rape Liege Festival.
  13. Web site: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/19/laia-abril-epidemic-rape-abuse-photographs. }
  14. Web site: LAIA ABRIL – SUYAY – Centre Photographie Genève. en-US. 2019-03-09.
  15. Web site: On Abortion at Photo Ireland Festival.
  16. Web site: ON ABORTION.
  17. News: Le Monde: Laia Abril, photographe en tout genre. Le Monde.fr . 28 June 2016 .
  18. Web site: Internazionale: La fotografa che racconta la violenza dell'aborto clandestino. 21 September 2016 .
  19. Web site: The Cut: The Photographer Who Captures the Reality of Abortion Restrictions.
  20. The New Yorker: Looking at How Abortion Restrictions Endanger Women's Lives. . December 2016 .
  21. Broadly: Telling the Brutal Story of Abortion Bans Around the World. . December 2016 .
  22. Web site: Corps et destins en tout genre. 7 September 2016 .
  23. Web site: Musée du futur à Lausanne. 11 June 2015 .
  24. Web site: 2013-02-20. From Here On (D'Ara Endavant). La postfotografia en l'era d'internet i la telefonia mòbil. Generalitat de Catalunya. ca.
  25. Web site: Clase Magistral con Joan Fontcuberta . 14 November 2014 . Gallery Sous Les Etoiles . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140703201636/http://phe.es/es/phe/campus/22/clase_magistral_con_joan_fontcuberta . 3 July 2014 .
  26. Web site: On Identity . 14 November 2014 . Gallery Sous Les Etoiles . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129014900/http://souslesetoilesgallery.net/exhibition/on+identity . 29 November 2014 . dead .
  27. News: Les Rencontres d'Arles 2016 review – twin towers and sub-Saharan slums. 12 July 2016 . 12 September 2016 . Sean . O'Hagan . Sean O'Hagan (journalist) . .
  28. Web site: Situations . fotomuseum.ch . 2018-06-28.
  29. Web site: Las 17, CaixaForum . 2017-09-20 . caixaforum.es . 2018-06-28.
  30. Web site: Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2019. 2018-11-01. The Photographers' Gallery. 2019-03-09.
  31. Web site: Caleb. Cluff. 2021-03-08. Ten things you need to see at this year's Photo Biennale. 29 July 2019. The Courier.
  32. Web site: 2021-03-08. Ballarat International Foto Biennale. Time Out Melbourne.
  33. Web site: First Photobook Shortlist: The Epilogue . 15 November 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025727/http://www.parisphoto.com/paris/program/2014/the-2014-paris-photo-aperture-foundation-photobook-awards/selection-premier-livre-the-epilogue . 29 November 2014 . dead .
  34. Web site: lafabrica.com . LAIA ABRIL, PREMIO REVELACIÓN PHOTOESPAÑA 2016.
  35. Web site: Sean. O'Hagan. 2018-11-07. Guns and poses: Deutsche Börse photography prize shortlist revealed. 5 November 2018. The Guardian.
  36. Web site: 2018-11-07. Shortlist announced for the 2019 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. British Journal of Photography.
  37. Web site: 2018-11-10. Winners announced for the 2018 Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards – British Journal of Photography. www.bjp-online.com.
  38. Web site: 2019-09-06. The RPS Annual Awards 2019. rps.org.
  39. Web site: 2020-03-11. Laia Abril wins Foam Paul Huf Award 2020. 11 March 2020. British Journal of Photography.
  40. Web site: Jan Pieter. Ekker. 2020-03-11. Spaanse fotograaf Laia Abril wint Foam Paul Huf Award. 11 March 2020. Het Parool.
  41. Web site: 2020-03-11. Spaanse fotografe Laia Abril wint Foam Paul Huf Award. NRC Handelsblad.
  42. Web site: La série "On Abortion" de Laia Abril entre dans les collections du Centre Pompidou.
  43. Web site: Collection . 14 November 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129012135/http://www.fotomuseum.ch/COLLECTION-ONLINE.302.0.html?&L=1 . 29 November 2014 .

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