Photo Exhibition of the Dual Year Mexico-United Kingdom 2015

As a follow up of the Dual Year Mexico-UK 2015, this exhibition shows some photographs taken at different events. The Dual Year was a government-led initiative to promote a better mutual understanding among the societies of Mexico and the UK, thrive exchange and cooperation in various areas, and motivate business, according to the great existing bilateral relation. The programme of the Year of Mexico in the UK comprised more than 180 cultural, educational, and economic and touristic promotion activities in the four countries of the UK. The exhibition includes images by Roger Alarcón, Adela Murillo, and Alberto Lozano.

Roger Alarcón is a Mexican photographer who collaborates with the Mexican news agency NOTIMEX in the UK. Alarcon has covered events such as the Glastonbury Festival 2015, The Day of the Dead Festival 2015, and the 2012 Olympics.
Adela Murillo is a Mexican photographer who assisted the renowned Mexican photographer Adolfo Patiño. Murillo has participated in solo and group exhibitions in the UK and works as a photographer for various private and public institutions in London.

Alberto Lozano is a Mexican photographer who has studied photography and lighting in Mexico City and Canada. Lozano began his career as a journalist and a media-press officer; he was always an enthusiast photographer. He authored the official portraits of the former Ambassador of Mexico in Canada and UK as well as others in the UK.

Where:

Godfrey Thomson Hall, Thomson Land (building), in Holyrood Campus (Old Moray House, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 8AQ)

When:

Thursday 16 June, 2016 (7.30pm – 9.00pm)

 

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