Azkarate vs. Azkarate

Madrid, Spain

Documentary and archival photography with a contemporary curatorial approach focused on memory, inheritance, family narratives, and visual dialogue.

Isabel Azkarate. San Sebastián, 2026.
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Isabel Azkarate. San Sebastián, 2026. ©Isabel Azkarate

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The Movement

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ArtLovers Tip

This exhibition becomes more powerful when you stop seeing it only as photography — and start seeing it as inherited memory. Past and present constantly echo each other throughout the exhibition. As you move through the images, notice how Isabel’s way of looking at the world remains surprisingly consistent across time — the same curiosity, the same sensitivity, the same instinct for capturing human presence. What changes is not the vision, but the moment in history surrounding it.

Exhibition Highlights - What you’ll see

Even at 76, Azkarate hasn’t lost her spark. She is still driven by a deep curiosity about the people around her, spending her days walking the streets to observe, connect, and capture the moments that make us human.

It was through street photography that she truly found her voice and her own unique way of seeing the world. She has a natural gift for photographing people on the margins of society—individuals who may seem anonymous but are actually quite extraordinary. Her soulful approach often draws comparisons to the legendary photographer Diane Arbus.

Today, she lives in San Sebastián, where you’ll often spot her out and about with her phone in hand. She’s as busy as ever, passionately snapping photos of everyone from lifelong friends and neighbors to the interesting strangers she meets along the way.

Worth the trip

Yes — especially if you love photography connected to memory and human stories.

Because this exhibition reminds us that photography is not only about capturing images — it’s about transmitting ways of looking across generations.

Inside PHotoESPAÑA, Azkarate vs. Azkarate stands out for its intimacy and emotional subtlety rather than spectacle.

How to experience it

Take your time comparing images across generations

Think about how photography changes the way families remember themselves

Let the quieter images affect you slowly

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