Galería Javier Aranburu

When you think about your business, what are you most proud of?

It gives us great satisfaction to be able to bring the Authors Photography to a public that values art. Through our photographs they can personalise and make their homes more welcoming. It is a new concept of Gallery in which the creator of all the photographs, Javier Aranburu, is also the owner. Visitors to the gallery can usually find Javier, establishing a direct communication between the client and the author of the work.

What is the history of your commerce?

Javier Aranburu opened the Galería de Fotografía in 2011 in Madrids Chamberí neighbourhood. Since then we have been selling original, limited-edition photographs by photographers.

Traditionally, art and photography galleries sold their works to an elitist public at high prices.

Javier, betting on creative freedom and seeing this panorama, wanted to introduce a new model with an approach where his photographs are offered to the end customer, without intermediaries or franchises and with affordable prices.

What is your professional experience?

Javier Aranburu is the founder of the gallery.

Born in Paris, Madrid-born by adoption. He has lived in different places such as New York, Amsterdam and Tokyo. Economist by career and photographer by vocation. He trained at the International Center of Photography in New York.

He is a multidisciplinary photographer. He has worked for major international brands in fashion and advertising. He has collaborated with the Europa Press Agency doing photojournalism reports. His photographs have been published in different media such as El País Semanal, El Mundo, deViajes, Vogue, Elle, etc.

Recently, in 2020, he published his first book, "Retrato de Madrid", with the publishing house Anaya PhotoClub.

He has had solo exhibitions at the Ateneo de Madrid and PhotoEspaña and group exhibitions at the International Festival of Urban Photography in Trieste. His work forms part of the collection of the Barcelona Design Museum.

He has received numerous awards for his work, such as the first LUX de Oro prize from the Association of Professional Photographers of Spain and the Honourable Mention at the International Photography Awards in Los Angeles.

How has covid 19 affected your business?

We have had to reduce opening hours and staff.

The enthusiasm and support of our customers, who are increasingly aware of the need to help local commerce, have kept us going.

What services and products does your business provide?

We sell original authors photographs, in limited editions, without intermediaries or franchises.

We have more than 500 exclusive photographs in our catalogue and we have the flexibility to make them in different sizes and finishes to adapt to the needs of our customers.