SER FOTÓGRAFA, UN REGALO DE LA VIDA — Cristina García Rodero — JdeJ Editores, 2023

In Ser fotógrafa, un regalo de la vida, Cristina García Rodero looks back on a lifetime devoted to photographing the rituals, ceremonies and extraordinary moments that shape collective experience. Combining an autobiographical account with a selection of 155 photographs, the book reflects on five decades of travelling, observing and returning to communities whose traditions reveal the relationship between faith, identity and everyday life.

Her work moves from rural Spain to countries including Ethiopia, Haiti, Mexico, Cuba and India. Rather than presenting festivals as exotic spectacle, García Rodero attends to gestures, bodies, emotion and the tension between the sacred and the profane. This compact retrospective is also a personal statement about photography as a vocation: a practice built on patience, curiosity and the desire to understand people on their own terms.

Technical Sheet
Title: Ser fotógrafa, un regalo de la vida
Artist / Author: Cristina García Rodero
Publisher: JdeJ Editores (FotoRuta)
Date: 2023
Edition: First edition
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 22 × 28 × 1.2 cm
Medium / Materials: Illustrated book; binding to be confirmed
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9788412694758
Condition: NEW