Louis Stettner
JUN.01.2023 ──────── AUG.27.2023
Louis Stettner
Brooklyn Promenade, Brooklyn, 1954
Courtesy of Louis Stettner Archive, Paris
© Louis Stettner
Exhibition
JUN.01.2023 ── AUG.27.2023
Where
Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid
Tel: 915 81 61 00 (Attention only during the opening hours of the exhibition hall)
Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm
*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.
Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th
Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm
General Ticket:
5 €
Free Access time:
Mondays, 2 pm to 8 pm (except holidays)
How to arrive
Buses: 5 – 14 – 27 – 37 – 45 – 53 – 150
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Subway: Line 4 (Colón), line 2 (Banco de España) and line 5 (Chueca)
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Trains: C-2, C-7, C-8 and C-10
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Audioguides
Available online in Spanish and English. Accessible via mobile without downloads or installations.
Also available in audio device obtainable in the hall (if available).
Price: €4
Accessibility
Ramp for wheelchair access – The three floors of the hall are accessed by a generously-sized elevator.
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This exhibition is the largest retrospective to date on American photographer Louis Stettner (1922-2016), whose work has not been given the recognition it undoubtedly deserves. Organized chronologically, it showcases more than one hundred and ninety photographs spanning his entire career, including some previously unpublished images and some of his hitherto almost unknown color work.
His experience as a photographer in World War II profoundly conditioned his understanding of life, so present in all his photography: a firm belief in the human being. Also influenced by his literary and philosophical readings (Plato, Karl Marx and Walt Whitman, fundamentally) and by his relationship, through the Photo League, with photographers such as Sid Grossman and Weegee, who conveyed to him the importance of photography as an instrument of social change, Stettner’s work offers us, in short, a vibrant celebration of life, of man’s courage to embrace the adversities and blessings of existence to the fullest.
With this overarching vision as a common thread, Stettner’s work encompasses a multitude of subjects, from almost empty urban environments to bustling scenes of the New York subway, the routines of workers and laborers, and the mountainous landscapes of the French Alpilles massif in his later years. Throughout his career he returned frequently to many of them, especially those connected to his social commitment and his concern for the underprivileged.
Curator: Sally Martin Katz.
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Louis Stettner
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Tickets
PLUS Ticket
- TICKET and AUDIO GUIDE for Louis Stettner. The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available).
- Prices: PLUS General Admission: €9. PLUS Reduced Admission: €7.
- Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Individual Ticket
- Allows to visit Louis Stettner and Anastasia Samoylova. Image Cities.
- General admission: €5.
- Reduced admission: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
- Free Access (0€): Mondays (except holidays) from 2 pm to 8 pm.
The beneficiaries of free admission must obtain their ticket at the ticket office in the room.
(In the case of free access due to disability / reduced mobility, you can request a ticket reservation in advance by e-mail: cultura@fundacionmapfre.org).
Commented Tour
- Cultural mediation is one of the most dynamic and effective instruments used by Museums to provide their visitors a better understanding of exhibitions.
- In a brief explanation (15-20 min. approx.), our mediation team comments concepts and information to go in depth in the evaluation and enjoyment of the exhibited works. Explanations in Spanish.
- Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays: 5-8 pm | Fridays and Saturdays: 12-2 pm and 5-8 pm. | Sundays and Hollidays: 12-2 pm.
- The commented tour is not offered in august.
- No additional cost upon entry. Information at reception desk.
MAPFRE Clients
- MAPFRE offers to its policyholders 2 free tickets (4 if Platinum Client) to visit Louis Stettner and Anastasia Samoylova. Image Cities on the date they choose.
- To obtain courtesy tickets of MAPFRE, access the online ticket office and follow the purchase process. Before payment, the program will request your ID and will automatically activate the free tickets that correspond to you.
- You can also get them at the ticket office in the room, presenting your ID.
- Invitations must be used in a single visit.
- Any question you have, please check these simple instructions.
Collaborating Entities
- If you belong to any of the entities that collaborate with Fundación MAPFRE, you must obtain your reduced ticket (€ 1) at the ticket office in the room.
Audioguides (Only available to Louis Stettner)
- If you have already purchased a individual ticket and want to add the audio guide, you can purchase it here. Price: 4 €
- The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available).
- Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.
Group Visit
- It’s mandatory for the Group Visit to have a guide or person in charge. To request a guide from the Foundation, ask please for information and rates to: cultura@fundacionmafpre.org
- The group must be made up of a minimum of 6 pax. a maximum of 15 pax (guide included).
- The use of an audio-guiding system is mandatory for the visit. If the group does not have its own, you must add it (€1/pax) during the online purchase process.
- Schedule: Mondays: 3 pm, 4 pm. From Tuesdays to Fridays: 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm, 5 pm and 6 pm.
- Maximum duration of the visit: 60 min.
- The formalization of the booking implies the acceptance of the Rules for the visit, especially those indicated for “Group Tour”.
€3/pax.
Schools
Educational activities for schools are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
Families
Educational activities for families are developed entirely in Spanish. If you are interested please consult section Colegios y Familias.
Important:
- Tickets changes or returns are not allowed except for justified force majeure.
- The purchase of tickets presupposes the acceptance of the Rules for the visit. We recommend reading it before entering the room.
- Fundación MAPFRE is not responsible for the rates, schedules and other information applied on the websites of other entities where tickets for their exhibitions can be purchased.
- If the online ticket purchasing process is cancelled, suspended or cut off, please contact our support telephone numbers: +34 915 816 100 (attention exclusively during the opening hours of the exhibition hall).
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