Photobooks, Spain 1905—1977

PHoto Espana, Horacio Fernández, Javier Ortiz-Echagüe, Concha Calvo, Rocío Robles, Mafalda Rodríguez, Angélica Soleiman, Laura Terré, Manuel Borja-Villel, Rosario Peiró

This catalogue gathers research on photobooks conducted over a number of years by the Museo’s Collections Department, a study which has also sparked a rereading of the history of photography in different countries. photobooks. Spain 1905–1977 explores the history of Spanish photography in 134 photobooks, many of them monographs and virtually unknown, despite the relation they bear to circumstances of collective magnitude such as the Spanish Civil War. Based on this careful selection, a journey is put forward through the evolution in Spain of a genre which is at once editorial and visual.

Author : PHoto Espana, Horacio Fernández, Javier Ortiz-Echagüe, Concha Calvo, Rocío Robles, Mafalda Rodríguez, Angélica Soleiman, Laura Terré, Manuel Borja-Villel, Rosario Peiró
Publisher : Museo Reina Sofía, Acción Cultural Española
Release : 2014
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ISBN : 978-84-8026-495-2