Cristina de Middel (born 1975) is a Spanish-Belgian documentary photographer and artist living and working in Uruapan, Mexico.[1][2] She is a full member of Magnum Photos and her work is held in the Tate collection.[3]
De Middel spent ten years working as a photojournalist at a Spanish newspaper. She left in 2012 to pursue personal projects.[7][8]
She self-published The Afronauts in 2012, a photobook about the short-lived Zambian space program in Southern Africa. The book explored the history of the failed 1960s space program through staged re-enactments, challenging "viewers' perceptions about what's real and what's not."[9][10][11] She was nominated for the 2013 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for The Afronauts.[12]
In 2017 she became a nominee member of Magnum Photos and in 2022 became a full member.[13][14] In June 2022, she became the first Spaniard to be elected president of Magnum.[15]
In Journey to the Center (2024), De Middel documented the caravans of migrants who travelled through Mexico from its southern border with Guatemala to Felicity, a small town in California.[16]
Publications
Publications by De Middel
The Afronauts. London: Self-published, 2012. ISBN9788461585960. Edition of 1000 copies.
Second edition. Bilbao, Spain: This Book Is True, 2016. Edition of 1500 copies.
Vida Y Milagros de Paula P (Life and Miracles of Paula P). Alicante, Spain: Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, 2009. Edition of 500 copies. Spanish. Early work featuring the "real story of a fake prostitute" Paula P.
This is What Hatred Did. Mexico; Barcelona: RM Editorial / London: Archive of Modern Conflict, 2015. ISBN9780992941383. With text by Amos Tutuola, "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts".
Sharkification. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Madalena, 2015. ISBN9788569557074. Edition of 100 copies.
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