Archive for the ‘photography’ Category

Henri Cartier-Bresson in Barcelona

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Henri Cartier-Bresson in Barcelona. Barrio Chino. 1933. He wrote “The narrow street of Barcelona’s roughest quarter is the home of prostitutes, petty thieves and dope peddlers. But I saw a fruit vendor sleeping against a wall and was struck by the surprisingly gentle and articulate drawing scrawled there”

Photographing otters

Sunday, August 5th, 2007
Ángel Jesús Calleja Hernándéz  and David Ánarez Sánchéz (on fotonatura) have some remarkable photos and interesting text on otters in Extremadura and tips on how to photograph them. The otters were photographed in a small reservoir somewhere in Extremadura. There is a healthy population of otters in Extremadura and they have been used for reintroduction campaigns in the rest of Spain (eg Aiguamolls de Emporda.

Hunting the frozen wolf

Friday, August 3rd, 2007

There’s a remarkeble series of photos at Fnac in Barcelona (Plaza Catalunya) by Spanish photographer Ricardo Casas on the sub-culture of hunting in Spain. The exhibition is entitled “Hunting the frozen wolf”. Brutal, repulsive, surreal and poetic. Read critique here

Exhibition is here. Ricardo Casas also has online exhibitions on Rustic Golf, Tuning and Torrevieja here