Ortiz Echagüe (Guadalajara, 1868 – Madrid, 1980) is one of the most outstanding figures in 20th-century photography in Barcelona and a key artist with a unique style of work. His…
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Joaquim Gomis i Serdañons (Barcelona, 1902-1991) was a man of many talents: promoter of the arts, businessman, art collector, photographer and the first president of the Fundació Joan Miró. For…
Francisco Ontañón (Barcelona, 1930 - Madrid, 2008), a very well known Spanish photographer of the 50's and 60's, representative of the Spanish neo-realism is exhibiting at Galería Valid Foto BCN…
The CIFB opened in October 1978, following the model of New York’s ICP. It was an advanced photography school with darkrooms, studios and classrooms, a library, a film theater, an…
SCAN is a photography festival held in the fall. It was founded in 2007 by the city of Tarragona. After the second edition in 2008 and the financial crisis, regional…
This exhibition is devoted to the history of amateur, proletarian documentary photography, a movement that dates back to March 1926 when the German communist magazine AIZ (Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung) called on…
Thirty years have passed. I remember the first time that Javier Porto took my picture, with Christina Huarte, thirty years ago. Madrid was booming, and Porto was rediscovering the city…
He started out as an assistant in a commercial photo studio in 1997. In 2000, he became a press photographer for the local newspaper L'informatiu de Sants, printed at the…
Born in Milan, Italy, in 1971. Paola began her photographic career in London after concluding her studies in Graphic Design at the Camberwell College of Arts. She has collaborated with…
Although scattered by the thousands, the needle in the haystack is still difficult to find. For a month and a half I explored the contemporary Spanish photography scene, but I…