Joan Colom: Les Gens Du Raval

by Marta Gili and Agnes Sire

In the last years of the 1950s, Joan Colom spent every weekend exploring the "bas-fonds" of Barcelona, the Raval neighborhood known today as the Barrio Chino. Interest both in remaining discreet and in breaking with the aesthetic traditions of his elders caused him to begin working without aiming his camera; only while printing did he frame each image. On the street and in the darkroom, he saw himself as an impassioned witness to social theater and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3865213243
• ISBN13: 9783865213242
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.5"