Yhabril, joined by Jabier Baraiazarra (Mendi Film director) and Jon Ruigomez (Itsasmuseum director)
BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia and Itsasmuseum today inaugurate the photographic exhibition Yhabril’10 – A Decade of Light, Mountains, and Action. The exhibition opens the programme of the festival’s 19th edition, which will take place from 4 to 13 December.
Yhabril, an internationally renowned photographer from Bilbao, has become one of the leading figures in the outdoor world through a decade of creative work. Many of his images have achieved wide viral impact, and he has received more than eighty awards in some of the sector’s most prestigious competitions, including CVCEPHOTO and Illume.
The exhibition Yhabril’10 brings together a selection of the most significant and iconic photographs from his ten-year career. Action sports, wildlife, and extreme landscapes form the exhibition’s central theme. It offers a visual journey through the mountains, understood as a vital setting: a place of effort, silence, risk, beauty, and contemplation.
The project invites visitors to discover Yhabril’s artistic vision and the creative process behind each image, from planning and understanding the environment to interpreting light, and building relationships with people and wildlife, always approached with respect for the natural world. Yhabril is a creator deeply connected to the mountains and extreme environments, a relationship that permeates both his work and his understanding of photography.
Through his images, Yhabril also invites us to reflect on our relationship with nature. Like the sea, the mountains offer settings of extraordinary beauty, but they can also be demanding and unpredictable environments that require knowledge, preparation, and, above all, humility and respect. Both landscapes remind us that nature is not merely a backdrop for our activities, but a space of which we are a part.
Although the sea and the mountains are very different landscapes, they share experiences, values, and ways of relating to the environment. This connection allows Itsasmuseum to broaden its perspective towards other cultural and artistic expressions, in line with its commitment to being an open space for culture and society.
The initiative also reinforces the longstanding collaboration between Itsasmuseum and Mendi Film through a variety of activities and formats, highlighting their shared commitment to bringing culture, adventure, and a meaningful connection with the natural environment closer to the public.
The exhibition will remain open until 10 January 2027 and can be visited free of charge at Carol Iglesias Espazioa during the museum’s regular opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
CVCEPHOTO Metro Bilbao
A second exhibition linked to BBK Mendi Film Bilbao Bizkaia is set to open shortly in the entrails of Metro Bilbao. The exhibition will bring together 20 winning photographs from this year’s CVCEPHOTO, the international mountain activity photography competition.
From 16 November to 15 December, the images will be displayed on large-format panels installed at the entrances to the following underground train stations: Santutxu (Zabalbide), Eliptikoa (Diputación), Santimami/San Mamés (Briñas), Deusto (Lehendakari Agirre) and Abando (Berastegi). The photographs on display in November in the Deusto station will be moved to Abando during December.
