[Leica] IMG: A day in Madrid to look at photo exhibitions

[Don Dory]

I have to admit for original vision Angelo Enero Febrero: "Cuerpo en
refugio" takes it.  The building is incredible so your advice is well
received next time we are in the neighbourhood.

Don

On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM Nathan Wajsman via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Every year, there is a big photography festival in Spain called
> PhotoEspaña. There are many exhibitions and other events around the
> country, but heavily concentrated in Madrid. Last Wednesday, my daughter
> and I made a day trip to Madrid to look at 6 of those exhibitions,
> including the amazing “In the American West”, the first time Avedon’s
> collection has been shown in Europe in its entirety. We had planned the day
> carefully, taking into account the metro routes (needed to minimise the
> walking outside in 40C heat), and the fact that I wanted to have lunch in
> the excellent restaurant of the Círculo de Bellas Artes, one of my
> favourite spots in Madrid. We left Alicante at 8:30 in the morning and
> returned around 11 p.m. Thanks to the high-speed train which covers the 450
> km in about 2 1/2 hours, reaching speeds of more than 300 km/h, such a day
> trip is very doable. I will probably repeat it before the end of the
> September since there are several exhibitions which we did not have time to
> see.
>
> A small gallery is here:
>
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/PhotoEspaña-2026 <
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/PhotoEspa%C3%B1a-2026>
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> And if anybody is in Madrid this summer, I highly recommend having a look
> at the web site of the event and visiting some of the exhibitions:
> https://phe.es/exposiciones/
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
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