Round tables: Tribute to the photographers who founded the Primavera Fotogràfica
Round tables: Tribute to the photographers who founded the Primavera Fotogràfica
Monday 3 June and Tuesday 11 June, at 6 pm
Round tables dedicated to four promoters of the Primavera Fotogràfica with experts who were closely associated with them.
- Monday 3 June
HUMBERTO RIVAS (Buenos Aires, 1937 – Barcelona, 2009)
Marta Gili. Curator and art critic. Head of the Photography and Visual Arts Department of Fundació "la Caixa" (1991-2006), Director of the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris (2006-2018) and of the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie d’Arles (2019-2023).
Mariona Fernández. Coordinator of the Primavera Fotogràfica (1988-2000) and director of the SCAN Tarragona Festival, 2008 and 2009. Creator and director of Talleres islados on Menorca since 2010.
FERRAN FREIXA (Barcelona, 1950 – Sant Vicenç de Montalt, 2021)
Cristina Zelich. Photographer, exhibitions curator and photographic historian. Director of the Fotomania gallery (1977-1983) and associated with the beginnings of the Primavera Fotogràfica. Coordinator of the Photography Centre of the University of Salamanca (1996-2001).
Manolo Laguillo. Photographer and photography exhibitions curator. Professor of Photography in the Faculty of Fine Arts of the UB since 1995. Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona.
- Tuesday 11 June
TONI CATANY (Llucmajor, Mallorca, 1942 – Barcelona, 2013)
Antoni Garau. Director of the Toni Catany Foundation. International Photography Centre, Llucmajor, Mallorca.
Pepe Font de Mora. Director of the Foto Colectania Foundation. Founder and director of the Railowsky Foto-gallery, Valencia (1985-2001).
EDUARD OLIVELLA (Barcelona, 1948 – 2019)
Juan Naranjo. Photographic historian and exhibitions curator. Director of the Juan Naranjo Art and Documents Gallery, Barcelona.
Pilar Parcerisas. Art critic and independent exhibitions curator. President of the Catalan Art Critics’ Association (2007-2010) and member of the Nacional Council of Arts and Culture (2009-2019)
