Mirrors of Oblivion

Mirrors of Oblivion brings together two photographic essays by the Catalan photographer Espe Pons: Sota la llum del mar, Under the Light of the Sea (2019) and Earth (2023). Both are part of an artistic research project through which she explores a personal history of trauma and traces collective memory in Spain. With these works, the artist aims to dignify the victims of the mass violence imposed throughout the country by Francisco Franco's fascist military regime (1939-1975) after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Espe Pons (Barcelona, 1973) is a research artist who works with photography, focusing on memory and landscape, developing a practice centered on historical memory. In 2019, she was selected, along with Jordi Jové, for an artist residency program at the Three Shadows Photography Art Center in Beijing, China. Her work has been exhibited in various venues, including the University of Minnesota and the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City. She is currently exhibiting at the Ex Convento del Carmen Museum in Guadalajara, Mexico, with the exhibition Para no olvidar. She has published six photobooks: Under the Light of the Sea, Tierra, Flucht, Portraits, and her latest in 2025, Maybe Never Again.