Casademont (1928-1994) was a key figure in Spanish visual culture during the postwar period. As for photography, he served as director of the Aixelá de Barcelone and the magazine Imagen y sonido. He was the ideologue and champion of the young generation of photographers who, under the leadership of Catalá-Roca, burst onto the 1960s arts scene: Miserachs, Maspons, Terré, Masats, Ontañón and others. The spirit of the times required that the camera be used to document reality. Two decades later and in a different context, when another generation of photographers succombed to the desire for personal expression, Casademont stood firm, justifying his convictions by asking rhetorically: “As long as there is reality to document, can we allow ourselves the luxury of poetry?”
Joan Fontcuberta, Nadala 2012
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