Lídia Vives · In conversation
Press
Interviews, features and conversations on self-portraiture, imagination and the making of an image.
Selected coverage and a continuing archive of Lídia Vives’s work as a visual artist and photographer.
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Selected features
Lomography
LomoWomen: La Fotógrafa Lídia Vives Sobre Autoretratos
An interview on self-portraiture, imagined characters and photography as a way to express personal experience.
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Cultura Inquieta
Las abejas conceptuales de la fotógrafa catalana Lídia Vives
A visual introduction to Lídia’s conceptual photographs and the recurring bee hidden within her images.
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Instituto IMAGO
Lídia Vives: pintura, color y textura
A short feature on painterly photography, colour, character and transformation through self-portraiture.
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Descubrir el Arte
¿Cómo enfrentarse al concepto de lo femenino en el arte?
Coverage of CONTEMPORÁNEAS in Lorca, a group exhibition exploring representations of femininity and including photographs by Vives.
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The archive
Browse written features, broadcasts, printed publications and other appearances. Links are retained to original sources or archived publication pages. English summaries guide the archive; original titles are retained where confirmed.
Interviews & features
26Conversations, exhibition reports and editorial selections.
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Cultura Inquieta
Las abejas conceptuales de la fotógrafa catalana Lídia Vives
A visual introduction to Lídia’s conceptual photographs and the recurring bee hidden within her images.
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Artmajeur Magazine
Painterly worlds and photographic composition
A French-language magazine feature on the carefully staged settings and painterly atmosphere of Lídia’s photographs.
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Lomography
LomoWomen: La Fotógrafa Lídia Vives Sobre Autoretratos
An interview on self-portraiture, imagined characters and photography as a way to express personal experience.
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Instituto IMAGO
Lídia Vives: pintura, color y textura
A short feature on painterly photography, colour, character and transformation through self-portraiture.
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SEGRE
Espai Cavallers and the Vienna art fair
A report on Espai Cavallers’ presence at a Vienna art fair, including Lídia’s painterly photographic work.
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SEGRE
Artworks in dialogue at MORERA
A newspaper report on a temporary dialogue between works from Catalan galleries and MORERA’s collection.
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SEGRE
Estimat Diari at Espai Cavallers
Coverage of the opening of Lídia’s Estimat Diari exhibition at Espai Cavallers in Lleida.
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SEGRE
Exhibiting in Sweden
A report on Lídia’s participation in the 3q exhibition at the Karlskrona Archipelago Festival alongside Kirsty Mitchell and Flora Borsi.
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SEGRE
Photography at Espai Cavallers during Lumínic
Coverage of a group exhibition at Espai Cavallers featuring work by Susana Martínez, Lídia Vives and Viet Ha Tran.
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SEGRE
Recognition at the Moscow International Foto Awards
A newspaper report on Lídia receiving a gold medal at the Moscow International Foto Awards and her response to the recognition.
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Lleida.com
An international award for Mad Mouse
Coverage of the self-portrait Mad Mouse receiving second prize at the International Portrait Photography Awards IMAGO 2020.
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SEGRE
A photographic practice taking shape
An early career profile discussing Lídia’s painterly approach, dreamlike references and use of colour.
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Diario de Teruel
Building imagined worlds through photographic editing
An early feature on the relationship between photography, painting and digital editing in Lídia’s work.
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Deia
“Para cambiar mi realidad hacía autorretratos nada realistas. Me convertía en otra persona”
An interview about imagined self-portraits, the connection between painting and photography, and finding a way to live from creative work.
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Neo2
From selfies to constructed self-portraits
A feature on Lídia’s development of intentional self-portraits through staging, remote shooting and photographic post-production.
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Mic
Portrait artists on Instagram
An editorial selection introducing Lídia’s surreal portrait and self-portrait photography alongside other portrait artists.
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Artists Are Cool
Lídia Vives || Art & Fashion Photography
A feature on the sets, costumes and visual details behind Vives’s staged self-portraits.
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Descubrir el Arte
¿Cómo enfrentarse al concepto de lo femenino en el arte?
Coverage of CONTEMPORÁNEAS in Lorca, a group exhibition exploring representations of femininity and including photographs by Vives.
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The Phoblographer
Creativity and artistic work during the pandemic
An interview considering Vives’s creative ambitions and the emotional, experimental character of her photographic work.
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Photolari
Las mejores fotografías en blanco y negro de 2020 en los Monochrome Photography Awards
A roundup of the 2020 awards, including Vives’s first prize in Professional Fine Art for the self-portrait In my head.
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Spoonful
Concept, aesthetics and working with self-portraiture
An interview about connecting an image’s concept with its visual form and working as both photographer and model.
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Tips
Hartlauer Fotogalerie am Pöstlingberg: Saisonauftakt mit Porträt-Ausstellung
Coverage of the Du. Und ich. portrait and self-portrait exhibition in Linz, illustrated with Vives’s On the inside.
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Lo Último Digital
Kintsugi-19 and human fragility
A report on Kintsugi-19, a pandemic-era self-portrait using the visual language of repaired porcelain.
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Diario Social RD
Kintsugi-19 in the Emmascarades exhibition
A report presenting Vives’s contribution to Emmascarades and its pandemic-era public-awareness theme.
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Citizen Brooklyn
Dreams, fears and self-portraiture
An interview about using self-portraits to express dreams, fears and personal obsessions.
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I què més?
An early interview on colour, dreams and self-portraiture
An eleven-question interview about Vives’s early photographic work and her interest in making viewers look more closely.
Television, radio & podcasts
26Screen and audio conversations, preserved as individual programmes and episodes.
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RTVE · Culturas 2
Self-portraiture on Culturas 2
A television segment placing Lídia’s self-portraits in a wider history of artists turning the camera towards themselves.
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TV3
Art and exhibitions at MORERA
A television report on bringing art to new audiences, including an exhibition at Lleida’s MORERA museum.
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VICE
Self-image and social media
A video exploring the proliferation of self-images, public exposure and the influence of social media approval.
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Onda Cero · El club de las cinco
El club de las cinco 13/10/2021
An interview with Lídia Vives in Carles Lamelo’s morning radio programme. The link opens the full programme.
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Connecta Lleida Pirineus
Introducing Estimat Diari
Television coverage of Estimat Diari, connecting Lídia’s self-portraits with personal expression and memory.
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La Xarxa · 180º
Self-portraiture and Estimat Diari
A programme segment on Lídia’s self-portraits and the exhibition Estimat Diari.
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RTVE · Punts de Vista
Inside Lídia’s world of self-portraits
A television introduction to the colour, emotion and dreamlike settings of Lídia’s self-portrait practice.
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Unaespina
A discussion of generative AI
Lídia joins Nieves Gamonal and the podcast hosts to discuss concerns surrounding generative AI.
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Les Borges TV
Lídia Vives on Les Borges TV
An archive link to television coverage of Lídia’s artistic and professional photography.
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RTVE · L’Informatiu
Photographic worlds of desire, fear and obsession
An early television report on an exhibition of photographs shaped through digital editing and imagined experience.
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Así empezamos los creadores
Recognition and the pressures of being an artist
A return conversation about recognition, encouragement and the pressures that influence an artist’s choices.
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Gawalpop
Finding a personal photographic language
A conversation about Lídia’s early photography, the development of her painterly style and her interests in film and television.
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Vivir de la fotografía
Artistic photography: process and professional practice
An interview covering the creative process and practical business considerations behind an artistic photography practice.
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Mancharte
Inspiration, storytelling and selling art
A conversation about finding inspiration, telling an artist’s story, pricing work and the place of art in everyday life.
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Así empezamos los creadores
Self-portraiture and painterly photography
An introductory conversation about Lídia’s work with self-portraits and painterly photographic images.
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Gran Angular
Where art and photography meet
A conversation with Lídia about the relationship between art and photography.
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Aprender Fotografía
Episode 409 with Lídia Vives
A recorded episode featuring Lídia Vives, retained with its original YouTube destination.
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Visual University
Painting’s influence on photographic practice
A conversation about Lídia’s artistic approach to photography and the influence of painting on her images.
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Studio Lightroom
Episode 409: Jóvenes hijas de la luz
An archived episode featuring Lídia as part of the Jóvenes hijas de la luz series.
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Carrete Digital
Pricing photographic art and limited editions
A video conversation about the financial side of being a visual artist and selling limited-edition photographs.
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Carrete Digital
Creative growth beyond a single photographic theme
A video conversation about developing as a photographer and exploring new subjects.
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Carrete Digital
Vives reacts to an AI-generated roast
A light-hearted video in which Vives discusses a critical, AI-generated take on her work and public persona.
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Carrete Digital
Building a professional practice through creative self-portraits
An informal interview about Vives’s experience developing a professional artistic career.
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Carrete Digital
Fine art photography, colour and painterly atmosphere
A conversation introducing the pictorial settings, colour and dreamlike character of Vives’s photographs.
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Techno Planet México
A live interview with Lídia Vives
A recorded live conversation introducing Vives’s artistic, fashion and commercial photographic practice.
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Alter Imago — Arte y fotografía
Portraits, inspiration and the creative process
A video interview about Vives’s work, sources of inspiration and approach to creating conceptual portraits.
Print & publications
13Magazine features, printed portfolios and publication archives.
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Mangrana
Art and resistance to patriarchal power
A magazine piece considering how art can question patriarchal structures and gender inequality.
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Descubrir el Arte
An exhibition exploring women in art
An archived magazine piece on the exhibition at Palacete Huerto Ruano, curated by Eva Hernández Calderón.
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Ímpetu
Bees and recurring symbols in Vives’s photographs
An interview excerpt from issue 12, Flora, exploring why bees recur throughout Vives’s images.
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Global Art Times
Artist feature in Global Art Times
A magazine introduction to Vives’s photographic practice and artistic background.
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Arts
A portfolio of Vives’s photographic work
An archived magazine portfolio introducing Vives as a photographer and visual artist.
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Plec
From painting to photography
An archived artist profile considering how photography became Vives’s means of artistic expression.
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Lectura
Self-portraiture and the art of photography
A magazine interview about discovering photography and the personal challenges of working through self-portraiture.
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Prestige Switzerland
An interview on staged self-portraiture
A conversation about painterly influences and the challenge of working both in front of and behind the camera.
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Super Foto Digital
Colour and constructed worlds
An archived magazine feature on Vives’s use of colour, imagined settings and hidden visual details.
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Colectivo Solofoto
Early artistic interests and creative influences
A magazine interview about learning from painting and the artists who influence Vives’s photographs.
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Get Inspired
Painterly atmosphere and photographic worlds
An archived magazine introduction to Vives’s use of colour, visual clues and unsettling photographic narratives.
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Mirror Magazine
Drawing, Photoshop and discovering photography
An archived first-person introduction to Vives’s early interest in art and learning to transform images.
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YoDona
Dreams and imagined worlds through photography
An archived magazine feature on how Vives transforms dreams and nightmares into photographic scenes.
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Talks & appearances
01Invited talks and public conversations.
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TEDxLleida
L’art de les noves generacions
A TEDxLleida talk on art, human creativity and the questions raised by new technologies.
Profiles & platforms
19Artist profiles and curated photography platforms.
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Get Inspired Society
Artist profile and selected photography
An artist presentation introducing Lídia’s photographic practice and work.
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Désirée Sydow
Self-portrait photographers as creative inspiration
A photographer’s selection of self-portrait artists, including an appreciation of Vives’s visual style.
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FEPFI
An archived federation announcement for WPC 2024
An archived FEPFI announcement presenting Spain’s team selection for the 2024 World Photographic Cup.
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DivCreativo
An appreciation of Lídia Vives and Irene Cruz
A blog tribute presenting the work of photographers Lídia Vives and Irene Cruz.
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Trendy Art Ideas
Painting, photography and visual storytelling
A feature tracing Vives’s early interest in painting and her move towards photographic storytelling.
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Photolari
A selection of photographic prints to collect
A historical buying guide featuring Vives’s self-portraits among its suggested photographic prints.
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Xataka
Portrait photographers for inspiration
A selection of portrait photographers highlighting Vives’s dreamlike self-portraits and conceptual image-making.
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Fotora
An introduction to Vives’s cinematic self-portraits
A profile discussing Vives’s interest in photography, her female characters and the film-like quality of her images.
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La Tribu
Vives in a selection of young Spanish women photographers
A feature associated with Hijas de la luz, introducing the painterly atmosphere and narrative details of Vives’s work.
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Apertura
Hidden messages and painterly influences
A profile exploring self-portraiture, dreamlike imagery and the influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting.
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The Artbo
Wonderland and photographic storytelling
A feature on Vives’s imagined worlds and her interest in inviting viewers to question the story behind an image.
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Mujeres a seguir
Spanish women photographers to discover
A selection introducing Vives’s self-portraits, use of colour and the painterly effects of her image-making.
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Odisea Cultural
Portraits, emotions and dreamlike scenes
A feature in La mirada de Helios introducing Vives’s approach to conveying emotion through imagined photographic scenes.
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Not Another Fashion Blog
A selection of Spanish women photographers
A blog selection created to give greater visibility to women working in photography in Spain.
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Esto no es Arte
Los singulares autorretratos de Lídia Vives
A profile exploring how makeup and characterisation let Vives transform herself within her photographs.
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Nexofin
Portrait photographers to discover online
A portrait-photography selection noting the dreams, self-portraiture and post-production in Vives’s work.
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Negatif+
Contemporary photography at Fotofever Paris
A feature introducing the Fotofever photography fair and its focus on connections between artists and collectors.
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Der Typ Von Nebenan
An early introduction to Vives’s surreal portraits
A personal blog profile discussing Vives’s early photographic portfolio and imagined visual settings.
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SLF Portraits
Self-portraiture as a form of expression
A profile considering how Vives works alone to translate personal ideas and imagined situations into photographs.
Brand-hosted & sponsored
07Brand-hosted articles, interviews and sponsored features, identified separately.
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Fotografiarte
Lidia Vives. Construir una fotografía, de la idea al objeto
Lídia reflects on the making of a photograph, from the first idea and staged self-portraiture to colour, retouching and the finished print.
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Photolari
En mi mochila: Lídia Vives
Lídia opens her camera bag and discusses her equipment and working approach in a video produced by Cubik’s Studio and sponsored by Peak Design.
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Wacom
A brand-hosted introduction to Vives’s photography
A Wacom Community profile introducing Vives’s work as a photographer and visual artist.
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Dsigno
Dreamlike imagery in fashion photography
An education provider’s blog selection highlighting the colour and fantasy in Vives’s photographs.
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Photolari
Lídia Vives y Marta Mas, conoce a las embajadoras de Sigma expertas en retrato artístico
A sponsored introduction to Sigma ambassadors Lídia Vives and Marta Mas and their approaches to artistic portraiture.
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Metricool
Vives in a selection of creative Instagram accounts
A social media software company’s blog recommendation featuring Vives’s photographic work.
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MásMóvil
Portrait photographers as creative inspiration
A telecommunications brand’s blog selection featuring Vives’s dream-inspired self-portraits and post-production.
