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'De Madrid al cielo' VI Concurso de fotografía del Museo de Historia de Madrid
The 40 winning photos of the museum's sixth photography contest, run with the Planetario de Madrid on the theme of Madrid's sky, in the Patio Dorado.
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First prize went to a stone lion. Antonio Farto Casado's El guardián del firmamento is a close-up of a lion sculpture under a cloudy sky, picked from entries to the museum's sixth photography contest, which asked for any picture where Madrid and its sky share the frame.
The 40 finalists hang in the Patio Dorado, and about a quarter of them put one of the city's statues against the sky. You find Ganymede on a Gran Vía building with his hand on the moon, Diana on a hotel roof aiming her arrow at it, and Carlos III in Puerta del Sol beside the Tío Pepe sign. The contest was run with the Planetario de Madrid and inspired by the total solar eclipse, and the jury's favourite is a lion looking at clouds.
The rules banned photomontages and collages, and all 40 now belong to the museum's photography collection. It's free, open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 to 20:00, until 28 February 2027.
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El guardián del firmamento, first prize
Look for Antonio Farto Casado's stone lion, shot close up in the foreground with a cloudy sky behind it.
Atardecer en Madrid, second prize
José Luis Morcillo Amo's picture shows the Pirulí lit up at night, with the rest of Madrid spread out behind it.
Cuádrigas en el cielo de Madrid, third prize
Marcelino Díaz Zabala's charioteers and their four-horse chariots are black silhouettes cut out of a burning orange sky.
Alunizaje de piedra
A sculpture of Ganymede on a Gran Vía building rests his hand on the moon.
Ángel abatido
The Fallen Angel statue in the Retiro stands against a black sky crossed by streaks of cloud.
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- 'De Madrid al cielo' VI Concurso de fotografía del Museo de Historia de MadridCourtesy of Museo de Historia de Madrid
- Roberta Marrero. Yo soy la navaja y la heridaCourtesy of Museo del Romanticismo
- Women Artists: Pathways through Pre-Raphaelitism (1850-1914)© Musée d’Orsay, dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Sophie Crépy
- The Other Face of the Avant-GardeCourtesy of Fundación MAPFRE – Sala Recoletos
- Museo de Historia de MadridLuis García (Zaqarbal), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museo del RomanticismoPablo Linés / Wikimedia Spain, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Espacio Fundación TelefónicaLev (Flickr: _lev_), via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Fundación MAPFRE – Sala RecoletosBeautyriver1010, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San FernandoStanislav Kozlovskiy (Ctac), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0