Óscar Cárdenas

Cádiz (SPAIN), 1979

Port of Cadiz Bay photographer, short filmmaker, graphic designer, always learning.

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    Awards and recognitions

    2024Winner of the «Visual Narrative» award in the «Rural and Fisheries Environment in Andalusia 2024» photography contest, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development
    2015Double finalist in the XLII edition of the Gipuzcoa International Trophy.
    2014Selected in the 46th Atlantic film exhibition, Alcances, Cádiz Produce program, with the short film «Gente de los Pueblos: El Gastor».
    2014Nominated for the «commitment to the environment» award at the Shorty Week 2014 festival, with the short film «Gente de los Pueblos: El Gastor».
    2013Finalist in the National Geographic international photography contest. Theme «Markets of the world»
    2013Second prize in the international photography contest of the Young Leaders Foundation, Argentina. Theme «Poverty»
    2012Second prize Gadesport photography contest. «Cruises» theme.

    Interviews, publications and +

    2023Outdoor exhibition of thirty large panels of the series «Identities» organised by the Port of Cadiz Bay.
    Participation in the exhibition «Sailor alphabet», organised by Cajasol Fundation and the Port of Cadiz Bay.
    2022Collaboration with MAR magazine.
    «Sons of Poseidón». Interview in MAR magazine, Social Marine Institute. July-August.
    Creation of the image for the OH! PEN 2022 poster. Cadiz School of Art.
    2021Publication of the book “Village´s people”. ISBN: 978-84-09-33295-3. Diputación de Cádiz.
    Publication of «Sons of Poseidon» work in the Spanish literature, art and culture magazine ÍMPETU. August.
    Virtual exhibition of «Sons of Poseidon» at the Fundación Provincial de Cultura.
    2020Project «Identities». Diptychs about the workers of the Port of Cádiz.
    2019Interview for the METROPOLIS program of the Franco-German channel ARTE about the work “Sons of Poseidon”. February.
    2018Diario de Cádiz, March 20. Page 26. Interview about the exhibition at the APONIENTE Restaurant of the work “Sons of Poseidon”.
    «Sons of Poseidón» craft book limited edition.
    2016Salt faces. Book with 90 portraits of workers of the Port of Cadiz Bay in their different tasks. Publication of the Port of Cadiz Bay. Legal deposit: CA 284-2016.
    2015Publication of article “Village´s people” in the newspaper GENTE DE LA SIERRA nº 24, October. Page 29.
    Online gallery «Arte en la red» in CASA DE AMÉRICA. Selection of photographs «Village´s people». July. Selected for collective exhibition in Madrid. https://www.casamerica.es/exposiciones/oscar-cardenas-espana
    Publication of photography in nº11 of the digital magazine Cromomagazine, from ESCUELA DE COLOR. June.
    Reporting publication “That great universe called Imagination” in LENS CULTURE, prestigious online contemporary photography magazine. https://www.lensculture.com/oscar-cardenas
    2014Caleta, mundos y miradas. Publisher : Del Centro Editores. Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-942696-8- 4. Postcards of the Diaphragm Collective and introduction of Nieves Vázquez Recio.
    Caleta. Publisher: Del Centro Editores. Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-942696-7-7. Photographs of the Colectivo Diafragma together with a selection of texts by Fernando Quiñones (writer and poet).
    2013Diario de Cádiz, July 20. Page 60. Interview about the short documentary “Village´s people I: El Gastor”. 
    2010RIVADAVIA magazine number 44, winter. Exhibition interview “A Different Look”.