Photographic, documentary and editorial project by Alfredo De Stéfano. Produced by La Grua, Cultural Engineering “Storm of Light - All the deserts are my desert” is a photographic, documentary and editorial project in which Alfredo De Stéfano has been working since 2008. The main objective is to intervene and photograph a selection of different deserts in the world. An itinerary exhibition is also planned for 2014-2015.

1. ALFREDO DE STÉFANO
Storm of Light
All the deserts are my desert
It is unthinkable to consider the actual
panorama of Latin-American
photography without including De
Stéfano and this, believe me, is not an
individual consideration, but simply
ascertainment of the facts.
Armando Cristeto Patiño
Photography historian
CONTACT www.misdesiertos.com
Bárbara Carroll De Obeso -
Julia Villaseñor Bell, curatorLa Grúa, Cultural Engineering
Paris, France / barbara@la-grua.com +91 75 03 43 03 96
New Delhi, India. julia@la-grua.com / / +33 (0)6 30 39 02 99
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2. ARTIST STATEMENT
My works always maintain an intimate relationship with nature; they
must maintain an internal dialogue with space. For me, each place
requires a unique intervention; as if this work was a complement of
the place it’s in and of what happens in its surroundings. That is how
I establish a dialogue with the place. We could say that my work
”incarnates the place” just as Heidegger proposes in his essay on art
and space; “The mutual game of art and space should be thought of
through the experience of the place and the spot. This way, art as
sculpture would not be the conquest of space, but rather, sculpture
would be the incarnation of places.”
In the last few years of my photographic practice, I have been
intervening in the landscape by creating scenes and scenery with a
S large variety of elements both natural and manufactured. This is how,
in the middle of the sometimes overwhelming vastness of the desert,
A I photograph intimate spaces, some of which are painful metaphors
of the planet’s desertification caused by man, and others work as
H ironic allusions of our relationship with the desert. My work is and
action that reintegrates a reflective act of what the desert has lost,
but also a way to give back, through a personal intervention, its
A devastated memory. This intervention in the desert is obviously an
ephemeral action, however it transcends in photographic memory as
R the concretization of a wish.
A
Alfredo De Stéfano
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3. STORM OF LIGHT - ALL THE DESERTS ARE MY DESERT
ATACAMA
“Storm of Light - All the deserts are my desert” is a photographic, documentary Contemplated deserts in the project
and editorial project in which Alfredo De Stéfano has been working since 2008.
The main objective is to intervene and photograph a selection of different
deserts in the world. Also, a film documentary will be shot during the trips, America:
allowing to understand the creative process followed by the artist throughout the Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada – USA
world, as well as the obstacles and difficulties encountered to reach the furthest Sonora and Chihuahua deserts – Mexico**
regions of the world, things which are imperceptible when we admire the pristine Siloli – Bolivia
images of De Stefano. Nazca – Peru
Atacama – Chile**
Through the photographs of these landscapes, Alfredo expresses a particular Puna – Argentina**
way o understanding our planet’s evolution and allows us to think about our
place in the world, about death and emptiness and many other fundamental Africa:
questions about our existence and our relationship with our environment. Sahara – north Africa**
Namibia – south Africa**
Asia:
Goby – China
Rajasthan – India
Europe:
Tundra – Iceland**
Oceania:
Gibson desert – Australia
** Photographic shooting accomplished
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4. PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOOTING AND TRAVELING EXHIBITION
The shooting project will be concluded by the end of 2013 in order to
start a traveling exhibition in important museums around the world.
Provisional production budget:
$ 400,000 USD
This amount will allow the following:
* Transport and lodging expenses in the deserts of Argentina,
Australia, China, India, Mexico and USA, of Alfredo de Stéfano and a
cameraman documenting the artistic process.
* Production and printing of 50 photographs in exhibition format of
N 1.27 x 1.77 m.
A * Filming and editing of video footage for the production of a
documentary of approximately 45 min.
M * Publishing of a bilingual book on the project of about 3000 copies by
internationally renowned Spanish editorial house RM, counting with
I worldwide distribution.
B * Web page creation for the project where a travel log will be kept as
well as posts of videos, images, interviews, news articles as well as
I briefs on history and culture of the visited deserts. The Webpage will
be created by the publicity agency Grupo W. www.misdesiertos.com
A * Administration and production expenses for the traveling exhibition
around the world.
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5. STORM OF LIGHT - ALL THE DESERTS ARE MY DESERT
PREMIUM
PREMIUM SPONSOR
Amount: 180,000 USD
CREDITS AND BENEFITS In Museums where the exhibition will be shown:
3 photographs from the series “Storm of light - All the deserts are my desert” in
127 x 177 cm format. Words from the director of your company during the exhibition(s) opening event.
50 special folders for your distinguished clients with a photograph from the Company’s logo presence as sponsor of the project in the program and all the
series in 27 x 42 cm format. Printed on imported cotton paper, signed and press tools used for promotion. (Level 1+)
numbered.
Company’s logo on the wall of the opening text for the exhibition.
100 copies of the book published by the Spanish publisher RM with
international distribution. Private event and conference with the artist and curator for special clients and
company’s friends.
Company’s logo appearance on the back cover of the book and credits in the
acknowledgment section. Credits as project sponsor in the documentary that will be exhibited during the
photographic show in the museum; this documentary will also be sent to several
Special appearance of the company’s image on the Web page and in any film and documentary festivals around the world.
content generated through the project’s official web site.
Presence of the company in press conferences before the opening of the
exhibition.
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6. STORM OF LIGHT - ALL THE DESERTS ARE MY DESERT
PLATINIUM
PLATINIUM SPONSOR
Amount: 120,000 USD
CREDITS AND BENEFITS In Museums where the exhibition will be shown:
2 photographs from the series “Storm of light - All the deserts are my desert” in
127 x 177 cm format. Words from the director of your company during the exhibition opening event
(selected in advance).
30 special folders for your distinguished clients with a photograph from the
series in 27 x 42 cm format. Printed on imported cotton paper, signed and Company’s logo presence as sponsor of the project in the program and all the
numbered. press tools used for promotion. (Level 1)
70 copies of the book published by the Spanish publisher RM with international Company’s logo on the wall of the opening text for the exhibition.
distribution.
Private visit with the artist and curator for special clients and company’s friends.
Credits and acknowledgement in the publication. (Level 1)
Mention in the credits of the documentary that will be exhibited during the
Special appearance as sponsor on the official Web page. (Level 1) photographic show in the museums; this documentary will also be sent to
several film and documentary festivals around the world.
Presence of the company in press conferences before the opening of the
exhibition.
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7. STORM OF LIGHT - ALL THE DESERTS ARE MY DESERT
DIAMANT
DIAMANT SPONSOR
Amount: $80,000 USD
CREDITS AND BENEFITS In Museums where the exhibition will be shown:
1 photograph from the series “Storm of light - All the deserts are my desert” in
127 x 177 cm format. Company’s logo presence as sponsor of the project in the program and all the
press tools used for promotion. (Level 1)
25 special folders for your distinguished clients with a photograph from the
series in 27 x 42 cm format. Printed on imported cotton paper, signed and Company’s logo on the wall of the opening text for the exhibition.
numbered.
Private visit with the artist and curator for special clients and company’s friends.
50 copies of the book published by the Spanish publisher RM with international
distribution. Mention in the credits of the documentary that will be exhibited during the
photographic show in the museums; this documentary will also be sent to
Credits and acknowledgement in the publication. (Level 1) several film and documentary festivals around the world.
Special appearance as sponsor on the official Web page. (Level 1) Presence of the company in press conferences before the opening of the
exhibition.
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8. ALFREDO DE STÉFANO
Born in Monclova Coah. city in the northeast of Mexico in the middle
of the desert. His trajectory of over 20 years has placed him as one of
the most important conceptual contemporary photographers of the
country. His passion is landscape and more specifically with the
desert, which he has intervened, photographed and travelled in.
Amongst his photographic series De parajes sin futuro (1992),
Vestigios del paraíso (1996), Habitar el vacío (2002) and Breve crónica
de Luz, stand out, using the desert as their stage. He has participated
in over 90 individual and group exhibitions and his work has travelled
to the five continents as well as international capitals such as Paris,
Sao Paulo, New York, Washington, Madrid, London, Lima, to name a
few.
His photographs have been featured in many books and magazines
and his work is part of many mexican and international private and
public collections.
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P
U Few works by contemporary artist immersed in nature have, at the same
N time the aesthetic strength and the conceptual profoundness as those by
Alfredo De Stéfano. Even though his dialogue with the earth, being so
mature and experienced, is only about to begin.
A Alberto Ruy Sánchez
Writer and editor of Artes de México magazine
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9. ALFREDO DE STÉFANO
Prizes and distinctions
Sistema Nacional de Creadores, scholarship Fonca MX - (2009 and
2012)
El cuerpo y la fruta (Body and Fruit) Photographic Prize, Fonca MX -
Honorable mention (2000)
Selection prize. International photography Salon of Japan - Tokio, JP
(1994)
Scholarship for artists with trajectory, FECAC MX (1995)
Young Creators’s Scholarship, Fonca MX (1993)
I Collections:
C Centro de Arte Aragonés Contemporáneo, Huesca / Spain
Coleccion Banco IATÚ, Sao Paulo / Brazil
Houston Fine Art Museum, Houston, Tx. / USA
E The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY / USA
Museo del Barrio, NY / USA
L International Institute of Photographic Arts, San Diego, Cal. / USA
Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Fl. / USA
A Banco de México, México, D.F. / Mexico
Centro de la Imagen, México, D.F. / Mexico
Fototeca Nacional, Pachuca, Hgo. / Mexico
N Freedman Gallery, Reading, Pa. / USA
Museo Pape, Monclova, Coah. / Mexico
D
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10. STORM OF LIGHT - ALL THE DESERTS ARE MY DESERT
NAMIBIA
La Grúa The project is being supported by:
Founded by Bárbara Carroll De Obeso, La Grúa is a cultural management structure
specialized in the conception, management and production of art project worldwide.
Based in a networking principle, La Grúa gathers different professionals from the field to
attain different missions for the realization of high quality projects.
Bárbara Carroll De Obeso, is a professional in the cultural field who specializes in international
cooperation, artistic engineering and cultural project management. With more than 12 years of
experience, she has collaborated as a free lancer and consultant in art projects in Mexico, France,
Spain and USA.
In Mexico she was coordinator for artistic activities of Art Schools from the State of Jalisco
Government during two years and she worked as audiovisual producer for mexican and american
production companies. In France, she collaborated with the Pépinières européennes pour jeunes
artistes for the organization of the European Forum of Emerging Creation (Luxembourg 2007) and
as coordinator of the artistic residencies of the “MAP”.
She is co-founder and director of the non-profit association InC France-Mexique, a structure
which specializes in the promotion of mexican contemporary art and culture un France as well as
the production of artistic projects of international cooperation. www.inc-francemexique.org
Bárbara has coordinated project such as: “Trackers” solo exhibition by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
(Gaîté Lyrique, Paris), “Los Sandys en Waikiki”, presentation by Daniela Franco (Paris-Barcelona),
“Encuentro de artistas mexicanos plásticos residentes en Francia” a 26 artist collective exhibition
(Instituto de México, Paris), “La Périchole” with the Franco-American Vocal Academy (Miller
Outdoor Theater, Houston), amongst other projects.
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11. ALFREDO DE STÉFANO
Storm of Light
All the deserts are my desert
CONTACT
Director (Paris, Francia)
Bárbara Carroll De Obeso
La Grúa, Cultural Engineering
barbara@la-grua.com
+33 (0)6 30 39 02 99
India
Julia Villaseñor Bell
julia@la-grua.com
+91 75 03 43 03 96
Australia
Philippe Coulombel
philippe@la-grua.com
United States
Frédéric Javelas
frederic@la-grua.com
www.misdesiertos.com
www.la-grua.com
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