Del éxodo y del viento turns toward a less familiar geography of Spanish exile: the thousands of people who left Spain at the end of the Civil War and found refuge across the Mediterranean in the Maghreb. Its subtitle establishes the historical span, 1939–1962, and its focus on territories under French colonial rule that are now Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Edited by Juan Valbuena, the volume asks readers to consider North Africa within the visual memory of that displacement, rather than treating the sea as the end of the story.
This is an edited historical publication, not a monograph claiming a single photographer’s account. That distinction matters to its reading: the subject reaches across places and decades, while the editor’s task is to bring material into a form that can be followed as a book. The cover places several historical images alongside the title; the accompanying foldout map adds a geographical element to the encounter with this history. Together, those choices invite movement between particular images and the broader territory of exile.
Published in 2025 by the Ministerio de Política Territorial y Memoria Democrática, the book is listed by PHREE in its Álbum collection. Jaime Narváez designed the 152-page volume, printed in offset by AG Palermo and bound in hardcover with exposed stitching at the spine. At 240 by 170 millimetres, it combines a manageable book format with a map that extends beyond the ordinary page. The documented print run is 1,000 copies, issued as a non-commercial edition.
Its 2026 PHotoESPAÑA Research award provides a clear point of recognition, but the collector’s reason to look closer is the specific conjunction of historical subject and editorial form. The North African focus broadens the geography through which Spanish exile is remembered. The map, image selection and physical construction make this a useful object for studying how a public institution presents historical memory through a photographic publication, without turning its limited print run into a claim about future value.
