About

Paula Tudela (Madrid, 1996) is the author of Das ende (2022) and Hard to explain (2025), both self published books. She began her career in Film and Media Studies and later specialized in Photography and Editorial Design. She uses writing, photography and video as means of artistic expression, focusing on themes such as identity and romantic relationships.

Das ende shows how a relationship starts at an electronic music festival and ends a couple of years after that, leading to heartbreak, self reflection and finding oneself in the absence of the other person. It is documented with all the objects that formed the relationship, from photographs, love letters and festival wristbands to email conversations.

The book has gone through four editions, with over 1000 sold copies worldwide between 2022 and 2024. In August of 2022, newspaper El País published an article about the story, and it was selected as finalist in the "Best Photography Book of the Year 2023" award by PHotoESPAÑA.

Hard to explain starts where Das ende left off. "Someone from my childhood found it in a bookstore and got in touch with me again. We reconnected right away, forming a relationship that was fun and easy, but hard to explain at the same time. So hard, that writing about it became the only way I could try to make sense of what was happening between us. This is what led to the second book. A collection of short poems and photographs about relationships, identity, pleasure and death". An exercise in translating feelings into words, and an attempt to understand all that is difficult to explain.

Currently on its second edition, the book has been selected as finalist in the "Best Photography Book of the Year 2026" award by PHotoESPAÑA.