1950s Photographs Return to Elorrio with «Rastrotik Elorrixora» Exhibition

The exhibition, open from September 15 to October 2 at Iturri Kultur Etxea, recounts the story behind a photographic archive from 1954-1956.

Generic image of an exhibition of vintage photographs from the 1950s.
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Generic image of an exhibition of vintage photographs from the 1950s.

Elorrio's Iturri Kultur Etxea hosts the new exhibition «Rastrotik Elorrixora» from September 15 to October 2, recovering a photographic archive created between 1954 and 1956.

Curated by Daniel Asua and Hibai Agorria, this exhibition evokes the town's past through images taken over seventy years ago. The photographs were discovered a few years ago at a street market in Madrid and capture landscapes, travels, and scenes of daily life from 1954 to 1956.
Among the images, a portrait of a young woman whose face remained anonymous for decades is particularly notable. Based on these photographs, a search began to reconstruct their history: identifying the locations depicted and, where possible, tracing the individuals featured.
The archive has now returned to Elorrio, connected to a local family. The exhibition offers a chance to return these images to their place of origin and, through them, to recover a small piece of the everyday memory of those who lived during that era.
Based on information from the official source: Ayuntamiento de Elorrio (15/09/2026)