TWENTY-SIX (ABANDONED) GAS STATIONS. IÑAKI BERGERA

On a trip along the US West Coast, Iñaki Bergera discovered a desolate landscape, seemingly barren, yet exuding beauty. The beauty of everyday life. Its narrative purity. Gas stations that were dismantled in the early 1990s, giving way to multinational services.

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“Any power that images have is linked to how closely they come to banality.”

Robert Adams

Abandoned gas stations. In ruins. Faded icons but living witnesses to a time that has passed. On a trip along the US West Coast, Iñaki Bergera discovered a desolate landscape, seemingly barren, yet exuding beauty. The beauty of everyday life. Its narrative purity. Gas stations that were dismantled in the early 1990s, giving way to multinational service stations.

Through a series of 26 images, the photographer gives voice to these uncharted territories and their architectural structures, while paying tribute to Ed Ruscha's pop art. There is no documentary pretension, yet his aesthetics and forms narrate open areas of the contemporary crisis.

Iñaki Berger

Iñaki Bergera holds a bachelor's and doctorate degree in Architecture from the University of Navarra. In 2001, he studied a Master's degree at the Harvard School of Visual Arts with British photographer Chris Killip, where he also attended a course in Architectural Photography taught by Gerry Kepelow. Since then, he has focused his career on architectural photography, both in the practical field and in teaching.

He has visited international institutions such as the CCA in Montreal, the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, the Center for Creative Photography in Arizona, Columbia University, and the International Center of Photography in New York. The results of his research have been presented at numerous conferences and published in books and magazines. His series have also been published in international media such as Casabella, A10, The Architects' Journal, Detalle, Arquitectura Viva, Baunetz, and ArchDaily.