{"id":1090,"date":"2023-04-21T00:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T22:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/?page_id=1090"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:42:52","slug":"autora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/en\/autora\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1090\" class=\"elementor elementor-1090\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3052628 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3052628\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9bc7e04 animated-slow elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"9bc7e04\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b3a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a9b3a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-scaled.jpg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA5OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21vbmljYXJpdmVpcm8uZXNcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjNcLzA0XC9lc3Blam9yb3RvLW1vbmljYXJpdmVpcm8tc2NhbGVkLmpwZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2508\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1098\" alt=\"M\u00f3nica Riveiro\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-scaled.jpg 2508w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-768x784.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-1505x1536.jpg 1505w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-2007x2048.jpg 2007w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/espejoroto-monicariveiro-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2508px) 100vw, 2508px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-108e6d3\" data-id=\"108e6d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b93f64f animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b93f64f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p>We are our memory, we are that chimerical museum of shifting shapes, that pile of broken mirrors<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 120px;\">&#8211; Jorge luis borges &#8211;<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8127ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c8127ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6aea2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf6aea2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">M\u00f3nica Riveiro. Gij\u00f3n, 1971<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-365462f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"365462f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e918aa\" data-id=\"9e918aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c596a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77c596a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photography entered my life unexpectedly, and it has stayed with me ever since.<br data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"480\" \/>Rolls of films, bathrooms turned into darkrooms, red lights, and chemicals that smelled of mystery\u2014this is where it all began.<br data-start=\"588\" data-end=\"591\" \/>Every image I create is a fragment of a world that exists between the visible and the invisible, between memory and imagination.<br data-start=\"720\" data-end=\"723\" \/>I have explored light, shadow, landscapes, portraits, and the abstract; I have worked with the tangible while chasing the intangible. Always with the same purpose: to capture the emotion, the essence, and the fleeting instant that escapes everyday perception.<br data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"978\" \/>My photography is a journey into the conscious and the unconscious, a space where I discover myself\u2014and, I hope, where the viewer discovers themselves too.<br data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1141\" \/>Between Dreams and Reality is not just the title of my website: it is the way I see the world, and the way I invite others to see it, to feel it, and to pause for a moment to truly look.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/en\/el-universo-no-se-equivoca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here you can read about how I entered the world of photography.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ebf658\" data-id=\"9ebf658\" data-element_type=\"column\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4123\" alt=\"retrato de M\u00f3nica Riveiro fot\u00f3grafa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monica-Riveiro-photographer.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monica-Riveiro-photographer-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monica-Riveiro-photographer-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monica-Riveiro-photographer-1536x1082.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/monicariveiro.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Monica-Riveiro-photographer-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e83c05a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e83c05a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be5204\" data-id=\"7be5204\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc83fc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dc83fc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d787201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d787201\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f31b0c8\" data-id=\"f31b0c8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c41e32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"1c41e32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2961\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2961\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">More about me<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2961\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2961\"><div id=\"bgLayers_comp-lg7xfmbc\" class=\"MW5IWV\" data-hook=\"bgLayers\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><div id=\"bgMedia_comp-lg7xfmbc\" class=\"VgO9Yg\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">EDUCATION<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-mesh-id=\"comp-lg7xfmbcinlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\"><div data-mesh-id=\"comp-lg7xfmbcinlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\"><div id=\"comp-ld3pgq4j\" class=\"KQmfd2\"><div id=\"text-content-comp-ld3pgq4j\" class=\"KcpHeO tz5f0K comp-ld3pgq4j wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\"><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">1991. Introduction to Photography Course (three months) covering shooting, developing, and printing, taught by Alejandro Mart\u00ednez.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">1992-93; 93-94; 94-95. Three academic years of black and white darkroom, composition, portrait, landscape, slides, and a specific course on the zone system at Gesto Academy, Gij\u00f3n, taught by Antonio Merediz.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">2003. Portrait course by Ferdinando Scianna in Salamanca.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">2010. Workshop by Encarna Mar\u00edn on \"Everyday Portraiture.\"<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">2011. \"Workshop by Rebeca Saray 'Photography from Dreams'\"<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">2012. Workshop by Raul Lamoso about fashion, advertising and fx.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\">2016. Workshop by Juan Valbuena \"Creating books\"<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li>2019. Workshop by Garc\u00eda de Marina \"The creative process\"<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">TEACHING<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1998. Practical Introduction to Nature Photography Course, organized by SEO (Spanish Ornithological Society).<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2002. Introduction to Black and White Photography Course. Youth Center of El Espinar. Segovia.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2010. Introduction to Digital Photography Course. Adult Education Center of El Espinar. Provincial Directorate of Education.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">EXHIBITIONS<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1993. Group Exhibition on Portraits, at Fotocentro, Gij\u00f3n.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1995. \u201cInterferences.\u201d Group Exhibition at Casa de Cultura de El Llano (Gij\u00f3n). Asturian Nature in Black and White.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2003. \u201cImages with Memory.\u201d Cultural Center of El Espinar.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2005-2008.  \u201cFour Seasons.\u201d Group Exhibition of Nature Photographers (AEFONA), traveling through Lleida, Toledo, Burgos, Portugal; and collaboration in the audiovisual presentation of the same.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2014.     \u201cThe Inner Me,\u201d in Pilar de La Horadada, Alicante.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2016. \u201cEternal Present,\u201d First Photography Conference of Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante. Accompanied by a presentation titled \u201cAiming at Emotions, Shooting with the Heart,\u201d along with an audiovisual display.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2020. \u201cStories of Liquerique.\u201d Joint Exhibition with photographer Carlos Conde at the Antiguo Instituto de Jovellanos in Gij\u00f3n.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">AWARDS AND HONORS<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1993. Second Prize at the Casa de Cultura de Pola de Siero Contest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">1995. First Prize in Color Photography \u201cCity of Gij\u00f3n.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2000. Runner-up Prize in the Segovia Holy Week Contest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2003. First Prize in Nature Reportage. El Espinar City Council.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2004. First Prize in the Reportage \u201cA Year in El Espinar.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2004. Finalist in the Nature Photography Contest at the Montbarbat Center, and 5th Prize in 2005.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2005. 1st and 3rd Prizes in Nature Photography, El Espinar City Council.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2006. First Prize in the ASMA-ASBRU Contest in Brussels, with the theme Asturias, and First Prize awarded by the public in the same contest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2016. Finalist in the Canson Infinity 2016 Contest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2018. Special Mention in the \u201cYour Story\u201d category at the III Signo Editores Photography Contest.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">PUBLICATIONS<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\u00a0Reports and photographs in various media: Turismo Rural Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Revista Integral, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Diverse City newspaper from New York, El Adelantado of Segovia, El Espinar newspaper, Gu\u00eda Escudo de Oro, book covers\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Publication of photographs in the book \u201cCazadores de luz\u201d (The Best Photographs of the Great Spanish Photographers), by National Geographic. RBA Libros, 2007.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Publication in the July 2024 issue of Frames Digital Companion of an article titled \"Windows to Insight\" (with text and photographs).<\/li><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Publicaci\u00f3n de portada del libro poemario del escritor Jos\u00e9 Manuel Garc\u00eda Conf\u00edn de la espesura.<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\">JOBS<\/span><\/span><\/p><ul class=\"font_8 color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_13 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Desde el a\u00f1o 1997 hasta la actualidad dirijo mi propio estudio fotogr\u00e1fico realizando reportajes\u00a0 sociales (bodas, infantiles, embarazos\u2026)<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abSomos nuestra memoria, somos ese quim\u00e9rico museo de formas inconstantes, ese mont\u00f3n de espejos rotos\u00bb. &#8211; Jorge luis borges &#8211; M\u00f3nica Riveiro. Gij\u00f3n, 1971 La&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_customify_content_layout":"","_customify_sidebar":"","_customify_page_header_display":"default","_customify_disable_header":"","_customify_disable_header_top":"","_customify_disable_header_main":"","_customify_disable_header_bottom":"","_customify_disable_page_title":"","_customify_disable_content_vertical_padding":"","_customify_disable_footer_top":"","_customify_disable_footer_main":"","_customify_disable_footer_bottom":"","_customify_breadcrumb_display":"","_customify_header_transparent_display":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1090","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monica Riveiro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"De un laboratorio improvisado en casa a una vida entre im\u00e1genes. 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Mi reinterpretaci\u00f3n del bodeg\u00f3n con esta t\u00e9cnica no debi\u00f3 de calar muy hondo ni emocionar. Dar\u00eda lo que fuera por recuperar aquella obra de arte. Mi primera obra abstracta pintada. M\u00e1s que nada para echarme unas risas porque aquello tuvo que impresionar. Quiz\u00e1s me equivoqu\u00e9 de t\u00e9cnica. La impresionista hubiese sido una mejor elecci\u00f3n. O no. \u00bfQui\u00e9n lo puede saber? Tampoco supe cu\u00e1ntos, de los ex\u00e1menes que hice, aprob\u00e9. NO APTO. Puerta cerrada. Yo segu\u00eda haciendo fotograf\u00edas y revelando en mi casa en una especie de laboratorio que mont\u00e9 en uno de los ba\u00f1os. Varios d\u00edas a la semana y durante 24 horas aquel ba\u00f1o estaba inoperativo en la casa. Inoperativo para su uso tradicional, quiero decir. Tambi\u00e9n por casualidad, o quiz\u00e1s no, conoc\u00ed por aquel entonces a quien ser\u00eda mi maestro por muchos a\u00f1os (y lo sigue siendo). De su mano asist\u00ed a cursos de fotograf\u00eda en una academia privada. No fueron pocos (revelado, positivado, composici\u00f3n, retrato, sistema de zonas\u2026). A\u00f1os despu\u00e9s vendr\u00eda el contacto con la fotograf\u00eda profesional, code\u00e1ndome con fotograf\u00eda de prensa, deportiva, corporativa, de producto. Pero principalmente fueron unos cuantos a\u00f1os de fotograf\u00eda de estudio, bodas y comuniones en la provincia de Segovia. Y, por supuesto, llegar\u00eda la fotograf\u00eda digital a revolucionarlo todo. El hecho de dedicarme profesionalmente a la fotograf\u00eda hizo que descuidara mi fotograf\u00eda personal. Aunque no faltaron las salidas fotogr\u00e1ficas por las Sierras de Gredos y Guadarrama para hacer fotograf\u00eda de paisaje y macro, entre otras cosas. Y despu\u00e9s de tantos a\u00f1os me apetec\u00eda m\u00e1s expresarme y abrirme en canal para sacar lo consciente y lo inconsciente. Redescubrirme. Buscarme y encontrarme. De momento ah\u00ed estoy. En la b\u00fasqueda. \u00bfQui\u00e9n soy? \u00bfQui\u00e9n no soy? \u00bfDe d\u00f3nde vengo y a d\u00f3nde voy? T\u00edpicas preguntas existenciales de alguien que est\u00e1 en la edad de los 50. Ah\u00ed estoy. 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