Luis Vidal Corella. Photographic chronicle of the post-war period in Valencia

This exhibition aims at exploring the difficult years of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath in the city of Valencia through the lens of photojournalist Luis Vidal Corella (Valencia, February 18, 1900 – November 18, 1959), member of a family of Valencian photographers. His father, Martín Vidal Romero, founded the family’s photography studio in Valencia.

He was one of the finest portrait photographers of the period. Between 1914 and 1959, Luis Vidal Corella documented the most important events of his time: the proclamation of the Second Republic, the 1934 Revolution, the Civil War, and the harshest years of the postwar period. He also captured the daily lives of ordinary citizens.