Cover and Page 149: La Mirada Insondable (The Depthless Gaze). Montjuic, Barcelona, 1963
Page 119: El Pan Nuestro De Cada Dia (Our Daily Bread). Calle Valldonzella, Barcelona, 1962
Page 70: Desesperada Esperanza (Desperate Hope), Catedral, Cristo de Lepanto, Barcelona, 1963
Page 176: Caballitos Mágicos (The Magic Roundabout), Fiesta En La Plaza De Toros Las Arenas, Barcelona, 1961
The idea of publishing a book on Eugenio Forcano, one of the most significant photographers of the sixties, was met with great enthusiasm on our part. Now the project has become a reality.
The most difficult part of the process has been the selection from an enormous collection of very high quality, including a sizeable portion of unpublished work. All of the essential images are here, accompanied by a compilation of brand new photos which are being shown for the first time here, and which will serve to enrich and strengthen the prestige that the artist has already earned.
Eugeni Forcada surprises us with his blend of agitation and astuteness. His is a personal view of the world that surrounds him, with originality, intuition, and the gift of pressing the shutter precisely in the ‘decisive moment’ that Henri Cartier-Bresson spoke of. His photographs are taken with freedom and embrace an endless range of situations and expressions of humanity, from drama to irony. They are photographs that provoke reactions, and emotions.
For Eugeni Forcada, photography is a way of life. For this reason he has never been trapped in the past, in glorious black and white. He was attracted to the world of fashion and illustration, and created his own suggestive and original world. Aromas inspired him like a flash of inspiration, and the photographer of life at the bottom of the ladder changed into the imaginative artist who raided the rainbow to fill his new pictures with light and colour.
In order to enter into the life and work of Eugeni Forcano, we have six articles by experts who provide their detailed and critical views. Then come the photographs themselves, a discovery and also a deeply moving pleasure. This is how we felt as we were editing this book.
Lunwerg Editores
Author: Eugeni Forcano, Josep Pla
Publish Date: January 2005
ISBN-10: 8497851781
ISBN-13: 9788497851787
Pages: 253
Publisher: Lunwerg Editores
Type: Illustrated
Publisher: Lunwerg Editores
Country: Spain
Language: Spanish
Edition: Hardcover
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