BIOGRAPHY
José David Valiente (1986) is a documentary and fine art photographer based in Murcia, Spain. He studied Audiovisual Image and then continued with Artistic Photography. Valiente's work has been featured in various online publications including British Journal of Photography, Fisheye Magazine, Aint-Bad and Der Greif.
José is powerfully drawn to decadence, marginals, bizarre, wild and mystery. His work is very personal. It reflects the environment around him and he makes use of its elements to portray himself.
EDUCATION
2011-2012 - Artistic Photography, Arts School (EA), Murcia.
2009-2011 - Audiovisual Image, I.E.S. Ramón y Cajal, Murcia.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2018 - British Journal of Photography's "Ones to Watch"
2017 - Photogrvphy Grant - Nominee
2014 - Miami Street Photography Festival (MSPF) - Finalist
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 - "Parentesis" in collaboration with Sole Satana, curated by Underphoto. (Centro Párraga, Murcia, Spain)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 - PhotoBiennale, Common Places / Parallel Stories, (Thessaloniki, Greece)
2018 - SKG Bridges Festival, Common Places / Parallel Stories (Thessaloniki, Greece)
2016 - »A Process 2.0« Krakow Photomonth 2016 Curated and edited by DER GREIF. (Tytonie, krakow, Poland)
2016 -"Photobook Melbourne Photo Award #memory_archive exhibition" (Boyd School Studios, Melbourne)
2014 - "Miami Street Photography Festival" Wynwood Art District during Art Basel Miami.
PUBLICATIONS
HANT Magazine 11 Black to reality
Fisheye Photobook Vol.2
British Journal of Photography Talent Issue, June 2018
Underdogs Issue 12
ONLINE
British Journal of Photography 1 2
Der Greif Guest-Room: Francesco Zanot , Diane Smyth and Jörg Colberg
Mall Pretzel Gallery
If You Leave
Email: Jdvalientefotografia@gmail.com
Instagram: jd_valiente