This catalog has been published on the occasion of the exhibition "La Movida, chronicle of an agitation". Curators of the exhibition: Antoine de Beaupré, Irene de Mendoza, Pepe Font de Mora. Exhibition co-produced by the Foto Colectania Foundation, Barcelona and Rencontres d'Arles.
This book is a facsimile edition of the album that Joan Colom gave to his friend, Josep Mª Casademont, a forerunning art gallery owner and photography critic, in 1973. The original 27.3 x 29.6 cm album contains 76 vintage photographs taken by the author himself.
Les Nuits de Place Blanche immerses the reader in Parisian nightlife of the 50s and 60s, more specifically in the transsexual community in the neighborhood near Pigalle Square. Christer Strömholm, considered the father of Swedish contemporary photography...
Photobooks have become increasingly popular in recent years and occupy a central place in contemporary photography. Nowadays, more photobooks are produced, bought and sold, swapped and collected than ever before. Independent publishing and the self-publishing of books...
In 1957, Carlos Barral, the legendary editor of Seix Barral, commissioned Leopoldo Pomes a photo-book about his city, Barcelona. Although they were very enthusiastic about the result, the publishing project was never carried out.
