ES+ | No.3 | 2025/2026 An artistic beacon in silhouette Fashion, photography and A Coruña come to-Meisel, Helmut Newton and Irving Penn, while theThe MOP Foundation chose the gether under the umbrella of the Marta Ortega most recent was dedicated to British photogra- port area of A Coruña to establish Pérez Foundation (MOPF). The foundation was its centre. Designed by architect pher David Bailey. The centre has now announced Elsa Urquijo from A Coruña, the established in 2022 with the aim ofpomtigron and its next exhibition, which will be the first major project restored old silos and an celebrating these three aspects, seeking to bring retrospective in Spain of the work of American industrial warehouse bringing international art to the Galician city and project photographer Annie Leibovitz. into focus to the relationship A Coruña onto the world stage. The MOPF is a private, non-profit organisa-between the city and the sea. The current non-executive chairwoman of Urquijo has also designed Zara tion and admission to its exhibitions is free of shops and homes for the family Inditex has followed in the footsteps of her father, charge. The profits generated by the sale of mer- that founded Inditex. Amancio Ortega, founder of the group, not only chandise are allocated to the Future Stories pro- professionally, but also philanthropically through gramme, which supports young talents at the the foundation bearing her name. Since its incep- beginning of their artistic careers and has now tion, the MOPF has organised five exhibitions been running for two years. honouring different fashion photographers. Last year, three Galician students who gradu- The inaugural exhibition, Untold Stories, com- ated in Fine Arts and Photography Design were se- memorated the work of German photographer lected for a three-month artistic residency in Milan, Peter Lindberg, who passed away in 2019. This specialising in fashion photography in collabora- was followed by exhibitions dedicated to Steven tion with the Fondazione Sozzani. 115