#BasqueWay | The exhibition is made up of 12 cubes that run through 12 stories (‘destinations’) and a great variety of contextual photos (‘road stops’) that preserve the imprint of Basque emigrants in Latin America, the United States and Canada.
Throughout the last centuries countless Basques crossed the Atlantic, sometimes with dishonest intentions, others with the hope of looking for a new opportunity, but always guided by a restless and adventurous spirit. Between 2003 and 2019, photographer David Quintas organized several photographic expeditions to Latin American countries, the United States and Canada, covering more than 20,000 kilometers of asphalt and immortalizing places, names, customs, anecdotes and architectures that still preserve the stamp of Basque emigrants. . ‘Basque Way’ crosses the continent from end to end and recovers surprising and exciting testimonies from those who went to America without a return ticket.
To honor the memory of those lives, as bland as they are extraordinary, the exhibition has the collaboration of the journalist and writer Martín Ibarrola, who has written 12 sections in which he describes historical events and characters with a style halfway between journalism and journalism. the literary.
Throughout the last centuries countless Basques crossed the Atlantic, sometimes with dishonest intentions, others with the hope of looking for a new opportunity, but always guided by a restless and adventurous spirit. Between 2003 and 2019, photographer David Quintas organized several photographic expeditions to Latin American countries, the United States and Canada, covering more than 20,000 kilometers of asphalt and immortalizing places, names, customs, anecdotes and architectures that still preserve the stamp of Basque emigrants. . ‘Basque Way’ crosses the continent from end to end and recovers surprising and exciting testimonies from those who went to America without a return ticket.
To honor the memory of those lives, as bland as they are extraordinary, the exhibition has the collaboration of the journalist and writer Martín Ibarrola, who has written 12 sections in which he describes historical events and characters with a style halfway between journalism and journalism. the literary.
