Series

Gabinete de curiosidades, 2022

Series | Composed of objects loaded with symbols in the places of his childhood, now abandoned and almost in ruins, the images of Gabinete de Curiosidades explore the personal universe of Juan Manuel Castro Prieto.

Tangiers, at the crossroads of Europe and Africa

series | The American writer Paul Bowles called it the "Dream City" in his Memoirs of a Nomad. Unloved under the reign of King Hassan II, the third Moroccan city in terms of population has regained its place in the Cherifian kingdom, and is experiencing a new economic, cultural and tourist revival.

Peru, 2020

Series | Juan-Manuel Castro Prieto returns in the heart of remote villages and continues to tell the personal myth that Peru inspires him.

Pachama, the Miners of Bolivia, 2019

Serie | In Bolivia, nestled in the Andes Mountains, the cities of Oruro, Popoó, Uyuni and Potosi are home to many mining dating back to colonial time, that continue to support the inhabitants of a region threatened by poverty.

Facing Ethiopia’s trees, 2017

Series | Trees in East Africa have the characteristic of being a fully-fledged place, a lively place where every generations meet, sheltered from sunshine, to tell stories, work or cook.

Solovki, 2016

Series | The imposing walls of the Solovetski monastery stand on the Solovki islands, in the calm waters of the White Sea in northwest Russia.

Cespedosa, 1977-2015

Series | Several years after “Diario familiar“, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto dedicated a new serie to Cespedosa, the village of his childhood...

Sète #11, 2011

Series | You might be tempted to call these “Memories of Sète”. For this is in fact what they are: recollections of things that no longer exist and indeed existed only for a few days and nights spent crisscrossing every part of the town in search of…Of what, exactly?

Peru, 2009

Series | Despite Juan Manuel Castro Prieto’s long admiration for Martin Chambri, « Perú, viaje al Sol » was a personal, introspective and sensitive work that showed little sign of the Peruvian photographer.

Musée d’Orsay, 2006

Series | Although Juan Manuel Castro Prieto began earning his living as a photographer at the National Archeological Museum of Madrid, the photographs taken at the Musée d’Orsay offer a personal interpretation of a museum environment, of works in situ and of the relationships between spectators.