03/19 – 7 p.m. Opening: LITTLE BLOOD by Claudia Toledo. Winning project of the 6th edition of the Joana Biarnés Scholarship.

Committed to the mission of disseminating and promoting the social value of documentary photography and photojournalism, the Photographic Social Vision Foundation creates in 2019 the Joana Biarnés scholarship. Addressed to Young Photojournalists in honor of Spain’s first female photojournalist, thus fulfilling the photographer’s desire to support the new generations of photojournalists. At the same time, it allows the foundation to pay tribute to its human and professional values.

This year Pati Llimona will host the exhibition of the winner of the sixth edition of the Scholarship.

From March 19 to April 27

The winning project of the 6th Joana Biarnés Scholarship is POQUITA SANGRE by Claudia Toledo, about women who become mothers after the age of 40, “which is intertwined with gender and demographic problems, such as low birth rates” or also “the aging of the population, which puts the sustainability of our system at risk.

Little Sandra tells “stories of women who live or have experienced motherhood after the age of 40”. Through the portrait and personal testimony, he proposes a “joint story” of “the misnamed late motherhood”.

The author emphasizes the importance of developing this project because Spain is at the top of the countries with the highest percentage of births to mothers over 40 in Europe, and also on the list of countries with the fewest births per year. The difficulties faced by women in reconciling motherhood with work and social life explain this phenomenon. The overload of domestic responsibilities, effectively supporting families, means that many women perceive motherhood as an obstacle to their professional and economic life.

The author wants to show the relationship of motherhood “with the structure of gender roles in Spain, affecting women’s opportunities in the public sphere. The lack of public conciliation policies, the unequal distribution of domestic and care tasks, and gender expectations continue to be factors that limit the full empowerment of women, perpetuating inequalities both in the home and in society.”

Opening: March 19 at 7 p.m

Sala Montserrat Roig