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Name
Max Esteban
Books
Elegies of manumission
Spanish photographer max de esteban euromaxx
Max de Esteban is a Spanish art photographer. De Esteban holds an engineering degree from Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, a MSc from Stanford University and a PhD in economics from Ramon Llull University. He is a Fulbright Alumni. De Esteban's work is organized in two distinct bodies: Elegies of Manumission and Propositions.
De Esteban's work is organized in two distinct bodies: Elegies of Manumission and Propositions. The four elegies produced between 2010 and 2011 raise social and political questions through symbolic portraiture. Propositions, initiated in 2011, deal with contemporary art and political issues through photography and video. Propositions pose uncomfortable questions. In Proposition One, translucent X-ray images magnify mechanical devices that have become outdated, although they continue to function perfectly according to their purpose. In Proposition Three, de Esteban examines the cold, gray inner life of cell phones or tablets and the increasing enmeshment of the body and digital technology.
In Heads Will Roll, part four of the series, he uses seductive photo collages made of film stills, flower photos, and fragments of text to convey the essence of the parameters that are penetrated by the postmodern patchwork of our lives. The media define everyday life: we are permanently made to feel insecure by the wars and disasters that are always happening in the world; the individual is in danger of drowning in the masses; genuine and fake have become almost indistinguishable; and a vague fear of the East pervades political policy. Reality is largely conveyed as a media experience. Heads will Roll was listed as a photobook of the year by LensCulture magazine; its New York exhibition was shown on the cover of Photograph Magazine in its September–October, 2015 issue (Volume 13, Number 1); and Artslant said it was a "must see exhibitions in North America"
Publications by de Esteban
Elegies of Manumission. USA: Nazraeli Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-59005-337-9
Heads will Roll. Spicer House Editions, 2013. ISBN 8461626362
Heads will Roll. Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2014 ISBN 978-3-7757-3899-6
Dictionary of Spanish Photographers. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2014. ISBN 8415691289
Propositions. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2015. ISBN 978-84-16248-12-4
Publication with contribution by de Esteban
Dictionary of Spanish photographers from XIX to XXI century. Madrid: La Fábrica, 2014.
Solo exhibitions
Fotofestiwal, Vertige. Lodz, Poland, 2010
Spicer House, Don’t listen to me. Barcelona, Spain, 2010
Klompching Gallery, Proposition One, New York, 2011
