
ALEJANDRO ACÍN
Festival Director (Bristol Photo Festival, Bristol, U.K)
Alejandro is founder-director of IC Visual Lab (ICVL), an independent photography platform recently appointed to lead the second edition of Bristol Photo Festival. With ICVL, Alejandro has produced curatorial & publishing projects with Bristol Museums & Archives, Arnolfini Gallery, Eastside Projects, Format Festival Derby, Getxophoto international festival & Photo Kathmandu, with support from Arts Council England, Historic England, Heritage Lottery Fund & the British Council. Beyond ICVL, he has a track record of managing and activating historic archives, including Historical Photographs of China 1850-1950 (University of Bristol), the Martin Parr Foundation library, The Nepal Picture Library and the British Empire & Commonwealth Collection. He is also an Associate Lecturer on the MA Photography programme at the University of South Wales.
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