Ibán Ramón
‘Activities’
4.6.2012 - 31.7.2012
Vicente Navarro, Valencia, Spain
Resistance Activities consists of 40 images of Iban Ramon speaking of the relationship between human beings and their environment, how the landscape is affected and modified by the human action, but also his resistance to the tenacity of nature. «They all show the resilience of nature that eventually returns to its territory. But also talk about the human resistance against the natural elements, where resilience and perseverance have become visible». By capturing this attitude of passive resistance, Ramon tries to reflect, as noted, his own process of survival, «sometimes I have traveled very far just to find a strange landscape, which has been within me all the time.» The location of the exhibition is for the author a way to give another meaning to his work. With it, Ramon try to surprise the viewer «show the wildernesses in urban living quarters, and verify its interpretation».
‘Resistance Activities’ is completed with some images of the series that the designer is currently developing around the theme of ‘typographic Spanish lanscapes’. The spanish photographer was interview on Phototalk issue #28.