The Red Box. Antoni Campanà's last great photographic treasure of the Spanish Civil War.
Threshold| N° d'inventaire | 23180 |
| Format | 20 x 25 |
| Détails | 332 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782021460285 |
Antoni Campañà's work is not unknown to the general public, as he was one of the representatives of the pictorialist movement, and worked as a photographer for magazines, author of postcards, photojournalist, and sports photographer. His work, renowned and esteemed, is analyzed in numerous studies on Spanish photography. It is also visible in the permanent collection of the National Art Museum of Catalonia. This book reveals for the first time the Catalan photographer's archives dedicated to the Civil War. Hidden archives, discovered after his death by his children in red boxes stored in the garage of his last home, which was about to be demolished. Eighty years later, no fewer than 5,000 images, prints or negatives, are being brought to light again. Each photograph presented here is explained and contextualized. Catalonia at war is the heart of the book: a report of incredible force, captured on the spot. But Antoni Campañà, a republican, democrat, and believer, in love with his country and its traditions, also chronicles daily life, in the city and the countryside, the festivals, whether religious or folkloric, with a strong Catalan accent. As a counterpoint, he also offers a view of the yoke of the advancing dictatorship with the entry of Franco's troops into Barcelona: an impressive document that reveals the external wounds and internal fractures of his country. An edition designed by journalist Plàcid Garcia-Planas, historian Arnau Gonzàlez Vilalta, and photographer David Ramos.
Antoni Campañà's work is not unknown to the general public, as he was one of the representatives of the pictorialist movement, and worked as a photographer for magazines, author of postcards, photojournalist, and sports photographer. His work, renowned and esteemed, is analyzed in numerous studies on Spanish photography. It is also visible in the permanent collection of the National Art Museum of Catalonia. This book reveals for the first time the Catalan photographer's archives dedicated to the Civil War. Hidden archives, discovered after his death by his children in red boxes stored in the garage of his last home, which was about to be demolished. Eighty years later, no fewer than 5,000 images, prints or negatives, are being brought to light again. Each photograph presented here is explained and contextualized. Catalonia at war is the heart of the book: a report of incredible force, captured on the spot. But Antoni Campañà, a republican, democrat, and believer, in love with his country and its traditions, also chronicles daily life, in the city and the countryside, the festivals, whether religious or folkloric, with a strong Catalan accent. As a counterpoint, he also offers a view of the yoke of the advancing dictatorship with the entry of Franco's troops into Barcelona: an impressive document that reveals the external wounds and internal fractures of his country. An edition designed by journalist Plàcid Garcia-Planas, historian Arnau Gonzàlez Vilalta, and photographer David Ramos.