Javier Arcenillas
UFO Presences
Javier Arcenillas takes us on a journey through places where UFO sightings have left their mark, transforming cities, roads, and communities into settings filled with mystery and curiosity.
Through images, maps, and graphics, the exhibition showcases how these accounts have shaped a unique subculture, influenced by B-movie cinema, Cold War paranoia, and collective imagination.
With meticulous photography and a captivating narrative, UFO Presences invites us to explore how myth and reality coexist, creating spaces with their own energy and identity.
Javier Arcenillas (Bilbao)
Javier Arcenillas, a photographer and editor with a degree in Evolutionary Psychology from UCM, is a professor of documentary photography and contemporary landscape at Escuela PICA and has been dedicated to photography since 1993.
With a deeply human approach, he develops long-term projects within the framework of New Documentary, where his images tell stories that explore social realities and conflict zones in an emotional and intimate way.
He has collaborated with international media such as Time, Spiegel, Stern, Lens, GQ, Lo Expreso, Sunday Times, El País, El Mundo, GEO, and IL Magazine, and has been recognized with awards such as the Artes Press Award, KODAK Young Photographer, Sony World Photography, Eugene Smith Grant, Getty Images Grant, ISEM PRIX, POYI, and World Press Photo.
Among his photobooks, UFOPRESENCES (Editorial RM) and LATIDOAMERICA stand out.
