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4 September to 30 September 2026
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Clara Berbel Hernández presents a selection of photographs taken by her maternal grandfather, Pedro Hernández Andueza. This exhibition is a tribute to his sensitive eye and his ability to immortalize an era in images through his camera.

Comprising 39 black and white photographs taken between the 1950s and 1970s in Galicia and Castilla y León, these images of everyday life transport us to a time when traditions, rural work, festivities and the most intimate moments of daily life act as testimony to an era unaware of its future great transformation.

Primarily in Galicia, but also with a touch of Castile, each photograph reflects the landscapes, customs, and rhythms that defined a generation. But above all, faces, gestures, gazes: people at the center of focus. He didn't seek the grandiose, but the invisible: street work, markets, agricultural and maritime labor, children's games, and family gatherings. He managed to bring everything to life with a warmth and truth that only the attentive eye of someone sensitive and close can capture.

What is seen and what is intuited, what is suggested and what is guessed. He made his camera a witness to an era speaking for itself, without artifice. He managed to show us the beauty of the ordinary, turning each image into a fragment of street poetry. Without being a professional, his photographs are comparable to those of the great 20th-century genre photographers in our country, such as Francesc Català-Roca, Cristina García Rodero, or Ramón Masats.

This visual journey is not only a window to the past, but also a personal and cultural legacy. Through these images, the memory of a fading time endures, inviting us to pause, contemplate, and remember that the beauty of the everyday is also part of our history.

The exhibition can be seen in the Archive's Exhibition Hall, from September 4 to 30, 2026, from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Pedro Hernández Andueza was born in Madrid on April 29, 1898, into a working-class family with Riojan origins on his father's side and Navarrese origins on his mother's side.

He studied for his baccalaureate at the San Isidro Institute in Madrid, famous for the number of illustrious figures who passed through its classrooms at some point, such as the writers Antonio and Manuel Machado, Pío Baroja, and Vicente Aleixandre. Among others, he was classmates with Carlos Jiménez Díaz, who became one of the most prestigious doctors in Spain and after whom a well-known Madrid hospital is named.

He studied Medicine at the University of Madrid, graduating in 1920. Initially, he practiced medicine in various settings, including several years in the Infectious Diseases Department of the Provincial Hospital of Madrid, under the direct supervision of Dr. Gregorio Marañón, a prominent figure in Spanish history who also lends his name to a current Madrid hospital. He passed the competitive examination for the National Health Service Medical Corps, initially serving in Pontevedra and later as Chief Medical Officer of Burgos and A Coruña, where he retired in 1968.

He died in La Coruña on June 26, 1975, at the age of 77, having authored numerous scientific publications and created various techniques related to sanitation and clinical analysis.

A man of many talents, and a lifelong enthusiast of chess, reading, art, and writing, he found in photography a means to express his artistic sensibility and precisely capture the essence of everyday life. His camera was for him both a tool for documentation and creation, a way to closely observe details that others might overlook.

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  • Postal address Archivo Histórico Provincial de Palencia - C/ Niños del Coro, 4. municipality of Palencia . NaN. Palencia