G A L E R N A   I was born In the basque Country In 1978. thIs land has been InhabIted sInCe prehIstorIC tImes by the basques. thIs ContInuous presenCe Is explaIned by the Context of the land, ColleCted by the mountaIns that have served as a shelter to a rooted Culture and popular Customs that are stIll alIve In the xxI Century. but not only the Customs, the basques also speak theIr orIgInal language, euskara, whose orIgIns are lost In hIstory, beComIng the only lIvIng remnant of european prehIstory. here nature, hIstory and legend Come together wIth unusual forCe.

thIs struggle to maIntaIn Culture and IdentIty In a globalIzed world also has Its dark sIde: a Complex polItICal sItuatIon that has led to the last armed ConflICt In europe.

wIth thIs work I walk Into a path In order to reaCh the soul of the basque people. the road Is full of questIons, questIons I use to defIne myself as a basque and to awake In my mInd the essenCe of thIs old Country.

galerna Is a personal journey to the roots of the land of the basques.

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J o N C A Z E N A V E   born In 1978 In san sebastIan reCeIves hIs b.a. In eConomICs from the unIversIty of deusto In 2001. he worked 5 years In fInanCe before deCIdIng to move to barCelona to study photography In 2006.

he developed the Interest In doCumentary photography In several workshops wIth pep bonet (noor Images) and paolo pellegrIn (magnum photos) after beIng seleCted to partICIpate In the fIrst magnum workshop takIng plaCe In oslo.

hIs Career began CreatIng photojournalIstIC storIes that were publIshed In dIfferent medIa and were reCognIzed by several natIonal and InternatIonal awards.

In 2008 he deCIded to foCus on the “basque Issue” In order to understand hIs Country. sInCe then, he belIeves In photography as a tool to walk a personal path Into oneself. he uses the montaIns, the sea and the blaCk Clouds of hIs Country to understand what he Is. he searChes answers In the fog and the only thIng he founds Is another questIon. perhaps the only plaCe to searCh Is In oneself.

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