Exhibition open from 27 to 29 October 2023

Opening hours:
10:00 am – 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm – 8:00 pm

On display are photos taken from CAFUNÉ, a photography book by Spanish photographer Rafael Fabrés who won the URBAN Book Awards 2023.

CAFUNÉ won the award over 120 other competing projects. The photography book will be published by Exhibit Around APS and officially presented at the Trieste Photo Days, the international festival dedicated to urban photography (27-29 October 2023). The project will be exhibited during the festival together with the winners of the URBAN Photo Awards in a collective photographic exhibition in Sala Xenia, in the heart of the city.

It’s not easy to work in Rio de Janeiro, which can be very violent at times and as a photographer you can be vulnerable at those moments. That makes the work of Rafael special, his intimate and poetic images shows he is capable of winning the trust of people. It’s a beautiful mix of daily life and the hardcore economic and political realities (the work was shot during the Bolsanaro presidency) in Brazil. He has developed a strong signature and therefore deserves the award.
Kadir van Lohuizen / Designated juror of URBAN Book Award – URBAN 2023