Espe Pons: Maybe Never Again

PREORDER: Any purchase of this title will ship after the signing event on January 30th.

PRE ORDEN: Las compras de este título se enviarán después del evento con la autora el 30 de Enero. 

Maybe Never Again is a photobook about foreign women who joined the Republican struggle against fascism during the Spanish Civil War. Espe Pons photographs the places where they worked—Brunete, Albacete, Huete, and Mataró—showing empty landscapes and ruins that evoke their absence. The project restores visibility to doctors, nurses, photographers, journalists, militiamen and thinkers who arrived as volunteers from abroad: Elzbieta Bekier, Anni Brunner, Hedwig Buss-Diener, Maria Gothelf Melchior, Nan Green, Liesel Hidden-Mottek, Kate Kirstein, May Levine, Dora Lorska, Fredericka Martin, Tina Modotti, Margarita Nelken Mansberger, Betty Rosenfeld, Jeanne Roussant, Rachel Schwartzman, Esther Silverstein Blanc, Thora Silverthorne, Gerda Taro, Clara Thalmann, Lillian Urmston and Simone Weil.

The author locates their families and constructs contemporary portraits, as well as documenting personal objects that preserve their memory. The book includes 21 biographies written by relatives and historians about the women featured. Six specialists contribute texts that provide historical and cultural context for the Spanish Civil War. It is complemented by archival photographs by authors such as Gerda Taro, Edward Weston, Kati Horna, and Agustí Centelles. With 221 pages, the photobook is self-published with the support of various cultural and historical memory institutions.

Maybe Never Again  es un fotolibro sobre mujeres extranjeras que se unieron a la lucha republicana contra el fascismo durante la Guerra Civil Española. Espe Pons fotografía los lugares donde trabajaron -Brunete, Albacete, Huete o Mataró- mostrando paisajes vacíos y ruinas que evocan su ausencia. El proyecto devuelve visibilidad a médicas, enfermeras, fotógrafas, periodistas, milicianas y pensadoras llegadas como voluntarias del extranjero: Elzbieta Bekier, Anni Brunner, Hedwig Buss-Diener, Maria Gothelf Melchior, Nan Green, Liesel Hidden-Mottek, Kate Kirstein, May Levine, Dora Lorska, Fredericka Martin, Tina Modotti, Margarita Nelken Mansberger, Betty Rosenfeld, Jeanne Roussant, Rachel Schwartzman, Esther Silverstein Blanc, Thora Silverthorne, Gerda Taro, Clara Thalmann, Lillian Urmston y Simone Weil.

La autora localiza a sus familias y construye retratos actuales, además de documentar objetos personales que conservan su memoria. El libro incluye las 21 biografías escritas por familiares e historiadores sobre las mujeres protagonistas. Seis especialistas aportan textos que contextualizan histórica y culturalmente la Guerra Civil Española. Se complementa con fotografías de archivo de autores como Gerda Taro, Edward Weston, Kati Horna o Agustí Centelles. Con 221 páginas, el fotolibro es una autoedición apoyada por diversas instituciones culturales y de memoria histórica.