SOME THINGS I HAVE SEEN
The very nature of photography —that ability to capture a moment and revisit it later— allows us to look through a window into the past and observe that moment frozen, like a fly trapped in amber. The mind’s eye records the exact moment you chose to press the shutter and in the processing that follows, you seek confirmation of that which you had hoped to capture. However, seen from the distant perspective of time, the photograph takes on a quality of its own, and a certain detachment develops.
The result is a subjective interpretation of the object of my gaze, a motionless reminder of a single moment. Dedicated to that single moment, this website explores my work in black and white photography since 1970, when I began using the camera as a framing tool. The images presented in this website represent themes that have interested me deeply, such as loneliness in the urban landscape, the impact of mankind on the natural environment, or the recording of ancestral customs. Taken in places around the world where I have lived or visited repeatedly, I hope you will find them of interest. Thank you for visiting.
2023
Enlace Art in Progress, Serra de Daró, Girona, PhotoEnlace’23 (group exhibition).
Fundació Vila Casas, Palau Solterra Photography Museum, 2023 Photography Prize, (group exhibition – catalogue).
2022
Espai Art l’Abadia, Sant Joan de las Abadesses, Girona, Elogi del Silenci (group exhibition).
2020
Galerie Horizon, Colera, Girona, Silence of Being (group exhibiton).
2017
Real Academia de Bellas Artes San Fernando, Madrid, El futuro está en compartir (group exhibition).
Premio Internacional de Fotografía Banca March, Madrid (group exhibition).
2016
Museo Evaristo Valle, Gijón, Asturias, Liquid.
2014
Auditori Arts Santa Mònica, Barcelona, showing of Threshold (Umbral), Mostra de Cinema de Frontera, Passatges, Cultura Contemporània.
2013
Exhibition XIII Photography Prize, Universidad de Murcia (group exhibition).
Portbou Film Festival, Portbou, Girona, “Passatges Festival”, showing of short film Threshold
La Alliance Française in collaboration with the Fundación Pilar Citoler (PhotoEspaña 13), Madrid, Biarritz, Granada. Landscapes of the Body (group exhibition).
Palau Solterra Museum, Torroella de Montgrí, Opening of the exhibition “Permanent Collection of Contemporary Photography in the Fundació Vila Casas” (group exhibition)
2012
Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona, “Imágenes para una composición”.
Museo Fundación Santa María de Albarracín, Albarracín, Aragón, “Imágenes para una exposición”
Iglesia Santa María de Albarracín, Concert of “Imágenes para una exposición”, work for piano by Eduardo Rincón performed by Santiago Barro.
