BIO:
1949. Born in Badalona, Barcelona, SPAIN.
Studies journalism at Barcelona's CIC.
1971. Free-lance journalist with several Barcelona and Madrid daily papers and magazines.
1975. Studies photography - to illustrate his reports - at the Joaquín Muntaner Center.
1976. Barcelona. Photos of a demonstration for freedom: These become the symbolic reference to Spain's political transition; They have been published by Paris-Match, The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Le Nouvel Observateur, New Reporter, Der Spiegel, Stern and more, as well as in several books and other press media during the past 28 years.
1976-80. Professional Photographer specializing in social reports for several weekly magazines (Interviú, Primera Plana, Ciudadano, etc.)
1977-78. U.S.A. Correspondent for Interviú, weekly magazine.
1979 Special Correspondent for Play Boy Spain in China, work theme: Today's unknown China.
1980. First photo exhibition. Spectrum-Canon Gallery, Barcelona.
1982. Moves to La Casa Milá, La Pedrera, a masterpiece of Antonio Gaudi, the Architect.
Begins recovery from a severe accident that ends his photojournalism career.
1983. First night photographs of La Pedrera´s rooftop chimneys and architecture.
1984. Continues recovery. Initially doing action photography, now works focusing on observing quiet spaces and lights.
1985-2000. Works for several German, Japanese, French, and American Publishers of architecture photography and picture. (Casa Vogue, Connaissance des Arts, db Architecture. Books: Artesanía de España, Separad-Sefarad, Barcelonas, Domus Isozaki, etc.) Travels to Peru, Venezuela, Burma, China.
1985. Starts working on the “Fuego” (Fire) collection.
1987. "El Jardín de los Guerreros", (The Garden of the Warriors), publisher by Lunwerg Publishers in 8 languages. The book is a collection of his night photographs of Gaudi´s La Pedrera.
1989. Works on a series of large color photos of Barcelona´s architecture, on the theme of "Fantastic Art", with Victoria Cirlot, Professor of Medieval Art.
1993. Starts working on "Wind" and "Water", as part of his black and white Series on "The Elements", and does his own film development alter twelve years away from the dark room...
1993. Associate Professor at Bellaterra´s University Department of Audio-visual Science and Communication in Barcelona.
2001. Publication of "Voices of Water" and "Memories of Winds", featuring poems of friend Elia Taniguchi, by Shiseido Word Publishers in Tokyo.
2000-03. Travels to New York, Nepal, Dahramsala, India, and Tokyo: reports and exhibitions.
2003. Travels to Iceland: black and white exhibition of landscapes.
2004. Works on "Herbarium" a large black and white format.
Photography course for Journalism students at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.
MNAC (Catalonia National Museum of Art) acquires photographs on Demonstrations '76s for the Permanent Collection.
2005. "Portraits of herbs" exhibition of 88 photographs in the Botanical Institute of Barcelona. Small serie called "Paris notebook".
2006. New b/w work whith cristallized minerals (in progress). Editing the book HERBARIUM.
2007. Issue of the book HERBARIUM, with Margaret Hooks text "Manel Armengol: Seeing the world in a grain of sand", published by Turner Editors, Madrid. The book is presented at Colectania Foundation, Barcelona. Assignement for the CRDI (Research Center and Image Difussion) from the City Council of Girona. New works b/w on nature (water) in Ports de Besseit, Horta de Sant Joan, Tarragona, for a exhibit.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
"Voices of water" Sant Salvador Convent. Horta de Sant Joan. Tarragona.
Carmen Torrallardona Gallery. 2on. Circuit d'art contemporani. Andorra.
2006
"The garden of warriors". Museu Comarcal d'Olot. Girona.
2005
"Portraits of herbs". Botanic Institute. Barcelona
"In the beggining". Kunsthal. Rotterdam. Netherlands
2004
"Der Himmel über Gaudi" Sparkasse. Bremen. De
"Iceland Chronicle" 3 Punts Gallery. Barcelona
"In the begining". Generalitat House. Perpignan. Fr
LaFotoBcn. Contacta. Barcelona. Spain
2003
“In the begining”. Centre Culturel Le Moulin. Roches sur Garonne. Toulouse. France
« In the begining » Casa de España. Santo Domingo. Dominicana Republic
2002
« Au Commencement » Maison de la Catalogne. París. France
2001
Alejandro Sales Gallery. Barcelona. Spain
Palau Robert. Barcelona. Spain
1999
Railowsky Photo Gallery. Valencia. Spain
1999 EGAM Gallery. Madrid. Spain
ARCO'99. EGAM Gallery. Madrid. Spain
1992
Alejandro Otero Museum-Foundation for Visual Arts. Caracas. Venezuela
1987
Eude Gallery. Barcelona. Spain
1981
Spectrum-Canon Gallery. Barcelona. Spain
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2008
"Animal reflect". (Colectania Found.) Foundation for Culture.Valladolid, Spain
2007
12ª st-art. 3 Punts Gallery. Strasbourg.
"Strange couples". (Colectania Found.) Art Space Caja Madrid. Catalog. Zaragoza.
"Photojournalism in Catalonia 1976-2000". La Virreina Exhibitions. Catalog. Barcelona.
A/34 Gallery. Barcelona.
"Catalonia Look" HERBARIUM. 3Punts Gallery, Raimon Llull Institute. Art Center Friedrichstrasse. Berlin.
Fotoencuentros 07. "Mirada animal". Murcia.
"Private lives". Astroc Foundation. Madrid.
2006
"Photography history in Spain". Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid.
"Strange couples". Foto Colectania Foundation.Barcelona. Spain
2005
"Barcelona and Photography". City History Museum. Barcelona. Spain
"Twenty years" Railowsky Gallery. Valencia. Spain
"Where is Léger?" 3 Punts Gallery. Barcelona. Spain
"Time and Memory". Foto-Colectania Foundation. Barcelona. Spain
"In the cities". Cathalog. Canal Isabel II Foundation. Madrid (Collection of Foto-Colectania Foundation)
Masart. Art Frankfurt
Permanent exhibition. City History Museum. Girona. Spain
Permanent exhibition MNAC (National Art Museum of Catalonia). Barcelona. Spain
2004
50th. Tri-X Anniversary Kodak film. IDEP GALLERY School of Photography. Barcelona
Hommage to M.Vázquez-Montalbán. Col.legi de Periodistes. Barcelona
Private lives. Foto Colectania Foundation. Barcelona
Essencies 8" Col.lecció Olor Visual Ernesto Ventós. Sala Estudi, Universitat de Valencia.
"Gaudi, A multifaceted view" The University of Tel Aviv. Israel
2003
“Freedom expression” Mediterranean Culture Center. Valencia. Spain
Invited. “Transition 1976-79, China 1979, USA 1978-79”. Imagin-off. Perpignan. France
Antoni Gaudi: a multifaceted view” The Art Gallery of Graduate Center. The City University of New York. US.
2002
“Impacte Gaudí” Art Center of Santa Mònica. Barcelona. Spain
Fine Art Museum. Sevilla. Spain
“Gaudí. A multifaceted view. Gaudí's works in the catalan photography” Copec (Catalog) itiner. Munich, Moscú, París, Madrid, New York.
"Photography Works" Alejandro Sales Gallery. Barcelona. Spain
"Spain in Roma" (cathalog)>itinerante. Sala dell'Istituto Cervantes. Roma, Vigo
2001
"La obra de Gaudí en la fotografía catalana" Copec-Instituto Cervantes (catalogo)> itinerante: Roma, Milano
"Journalism and journalists"Museu d'Història de Catalunya. Bcn
"Tiempo de Transición" Fundación Telefónica. Madrid
2000
"Introducció a la Història de la fotografia a Catalunya" Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. MNAC>itinerante
"11 de september generation" Col.legi de Periodistes. Barcelona>itinerante
"Books" Railowsky Photo-Gallery. Valencia. Spain
1999
"150 years of photography in Spain" Círculo de BB.AA.Madrid
"Madera" Egam Gallery. Madrid
1997
“Testimonis” Col.legi de Periodistes.Barcelona
1996
“Las fuentes de la Memoria” Fund. La Caixa. Barcelona,Madrid>itinerante
1992
“Los derechos humanos”. Amnesty Int. M.A.M. Julio González. Valencia
1991
“Cuatro direcciones” Fotografía Contemp. Española M.N.C.A.R.S – Madrid.
1990
Serigrafías Nocturn. Daimaru Gallery. Tokio
100 anys fotoperiodisme a Catalunya. Palau de la Virreina. Barcelona
1986
"Spanien nach Franco". VHS-Zentrum. Freiburg |
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