Manual de un distraído. Chema Madoz (PHotoESPAÑA 2026)

Exhibition of 94 photographs by Chema Madoz at the Sala Canal de Isabel II of the Community of Madrid, bringing together a selection of his recent work, in which everyday objects are transformed into poetic images.

Chema Madoz presents an exhibition entitled Manual de un distraído in the Sala Canal de Isabel II of the Community of Madrid, included in the official programme of PHotoESPAÑA. The display brings together 94 photographs, and a large part of the works are being shown to the public for the first time. The pieces reflect some of the conceptual lines the photographer has developed over the past decade.

The images are black and white and are characterised by their formal simplicity. Madoz works with everyday objects to which he assigns unexpected meanings through visual associations, metaphors and games of perception. The proposal offers a free way of looking at reality, in which the smallest thing changes its meaning and logic becomes an open space for the imagination.

Chema Madoz, born in Madrid in 1958, is a Spanish photographer of international renown who won the Premio Nacional de Fotografía. The exhibition will interest anyone who wants to get to know his visual language and take a careful look at a selection of his recent work.