"Inge Morath: San Fermin. 50s" is the title of the exhibition Constable's Palace hosts until August 24. It shows a selection of 54 photographs of the San Fermin festival of the 50´s captured by the Austrian lady, Ms. Inge Morath, the images are in black and while and collect moments during San Fermin Festival and the city´s life in the post-war period.
The material presented has sentimental value, as well as historical andeven sociological, where they intermingle scenes from the Running of the Bulls,the Giants and Big Heads Parade, Bullfighting Rituals as seeing getting dressed ready to go the Bullfight Arena to the famous torero Mr. Ordoñez as well as other kind of daily life in the city, its markets and streets.
The exhibition can be seen until August 24, from 9-14 hours and 17-21hours. During the festival of San Fermin will be open from 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 July, and their schedule will be from 11 to 14 hours. Note that the Constable'sPalace is closed on days 6, 7, 9 and 14 July.
The first visit to Spain of Ms. Inge Morath was in the 50's, accompanied by the publisher Mr. Robert Delpire and French writer Ms. Dominique Aubert, so they could photograph the San Fermin Festival. The work done by Morath was published in 1955 in a book entitled 'War à la Tristesse', which was published in French, English and German, but never published in Spain due to the censorship. Pamplona´s City Council paid tribute to her in 1997.
Ingebord Morath was born in the Austrian town of Graz in 1923. She moved with his family to Germany when she was young and got deeply marked by the Second World War and the terrible consequences that occurred in the country she was living. She worked as a translator and editor for Heute met Ernst Hass´s Magazine and soon afte rentered the world of photography through the influence of famous names like Robert Cappa and Henri Cartier Bresson.
For 1953, she was a renowned professional and she worked for the best graphic magazines of her time such as Vogue and Paris Match. Her friend ship with film director John Houston leads her to get introduced into the seventh art and the'star system' of that period. She married the play wright author Mr. Arthur Miller. Inge Morath continued her work and taking pictures almost until her death in 2002. Pamplona´s City Hall named a street in her honour. www.ingemorath.org
The exhibition can be seen until August 24, from 9-14 hours and 17-21hours. During the festival of San Fermin will be open from 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13 July, and their schedule will be from 11 to 14 hours. Note that the Constable'sPalace is closed on days 6, 7, 9 and 14 July.
The first visit to Spain of Ms. Inge Morath was in the 50's, accompanied by the publisher Mr. Robert Delpire and French writer Ms. Dominique Aubert, so they could photograph the San Fermin Festival. The work done by Morath was published in 1955 in a book entitled 'War à la Tristesse', which was published in French, English and German, but never published in Spain due to the censorship. Pamplona´s City Council paid tribute to her in 1997.
For 1953, she was a renowned professional and she worked for the best graphic magazines of her time such as Vogue and Paris Match. Her friend ship with film director John Houston leads her to get introduced into the seventh art and the'star system' of that period. She married the play wright author Mr. Arthur Miller. Inge Morath continued her work and taking pictures almost until her death in 2002. Pamplona´s City Hall named a street in her honour. www.ingemorath.org
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