Bego Antón's 'All of Them Witches' Reexamines Basque Witch Trials Through Photography
Bego Antón has published a monograph titled All of Them Witches through Overlapse, which delves into the witch hunts that took place in the Basque Country and Navarre during the 16th and early 17th centuries, shaped by the Spanish Inquisition. A Spanish photographer and a member of Women Photograph since 2020, Antón possesses master's degrees in photography and design from Elisava, as well as in Editorial Design from Bau. She teaches photography in both Barcelona and Madrid, with her work appearing in publications such as The New York Times and National Geographic. For this book, she recreates scenes from witch trials with her female relatives, illustrating haunting portraits and strange rituals. Antón dedicated a decade to the project, highlighting the wrongful accusations against women, who made up 70-90% of those charged.
Key facts
- Bego Antón released a new monograph, All of Them Witches, published by Overlapse.
- The book focuses on witch hunts in the Basque Country and Navarre in Spain during the 16th and early 17th centuries, triggered in part by the Spanish Inquisition.
- Antón is a Spanish photographer and member of Women Photograph since 2020.
- She has master's degrees in photography and design from Elisava, and Editorial Design from Bau (Barcelona).
- She won the PhotoEspaña Revelation Award in 2017.
- Her work has been exhibited at FotoWeek DC, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and in New York, Switzerland, Germany, and Iceland.
- For the project, Antón employed female family members and friends to re-enact scenes from witchcraft trials.
- The book includes bilingual text in English and Basque.
- Antón spent ten years on the project and photographed ancient trees across Euskal Herria.
- 70-90% of those accused of witchcraft were women.
Entities
Artists
- Bego Antón
- Maria Juana
- Michael Honegger
Institutions
- Overlapse
- Women Photograph
- Elisava
- Bau
- The New York Times
- National Geographic
- The Guardian
- Esquire
- Le Monde
- BBC
- CNN
- FotoWeek DC
- Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao
- PhotoEspaña
- Lenscratch
Locations
- Basque Country
- Spain
- Navarre
- Salem Town
- Massachusetts
- Barcelona
- Madrid
- Bilbao
- New York
- Switzerland
- Germany
- Iceland
- Anotzibar
- Euskal Herria