Pilar Irala-Hortal

Network Association Member

Director of the Archivo Fotográfico Jalón Ángel Archivo Fotográfico Jalón Ángel Spain, ES Cultural Heritage

Professor (U.San Jorge), curator, art critic and photographer. She holds a PhD in Art History and a PhD in Communication. She's an expert in Art and Visual Culture, and photography, rhetoric and visual narrative. Book: "El Síndrome de Barthes. La construcción retórica de la imagen fotográfica" (2019)]. He also researches on photographic heritage and new technologies. She manages the Jalón Ángel Archive and she researches on the figure of the photographer curating several exhibitions on his work. Another book: "Jalón Ángel (1898-1976). Más allá del fotógrafo" (2022).

News posts

Title:: Pilar Hortal-Irala, CC BY-NC-ND
Creator:: Gonzalo Arruego and Pilar Irala-Hortal
Date:: Paris, 2017

News Created: 26 June 2020 Pilar Irala-Hortal Georgia Evans

Professionals in Focus: Pilar Irala-Hortal

In our ‘Professionals in Focus’ series, we speak to our Members Councillors about their roles, working lives and plans for their time on the Council. This month, Pilar Irala-Hortal, Director of the Archivo Fotográfico Jalón Ángel, discusses her work in the archive and enthusiasm for bringing photographic heritage to wider audiences.