Photographer Paco Grau The artist, who is used to exhibiting and editing books consisting of his own photographs, has now created a different volume consisting of photographs of others. photographic treasure hunter. Throughout time. A century of photographic history in Alcoy, 1880-1890 It is the name of the book published by. Levante Investment Foundation and met this Thursday on the premises of this cultural space in Alcoy. more than two hundred photos Accompanied by texts from Grau’s collection Javier Llopis -both former employees of this newspaper- and Josep Maria Segura.
Grau was unable to attend the book presentation, but Llopis and Segura Pep JordanThe boss of the foundation explained the development of this project to which the photographer devoted himself two years for vote It was seen that the visuals, which started from thousands of issues, decreased to two hundred in this copy. Reflects the development of the city along Century.
«In addition to being one contemporary photographers The highlight in Alcoy, Paco is great photography scholar and collector “Some of the old images that he collected and saved from oblivion in the form of traces are presented in this book,” explains Javier Llopis, “many of them unpublishedmore than half they didn’t see before here, especially some Sant Jorge festivities, squads and parades, military parades or works such as the reconstruction of the church of Santa Maria, which was destroyed in the war, then they built a swimming pool and then they rebuilt it, but it was not as beautiful as the original. One of the best preserved images of the original church is included in this volume.
More featured images by Llopis de throughout time they are some studio photos Photograph of individuals and groups, families or couples taken by professional cameras. However, the book is dominated by quality photographs taken not only by colleagues from the Grau guild of the last century, but also by photography enthusiasts, so some works are signed, while others appear without their authors being known.
Work compiled by Paco Grau in Llopis’ opinion“not just another book of old photos” but thanks to the choice made, it is based on a firm will to “practice.” historical contributionto enrich the knowledge of this city with very well selected and in many cases unpublished scenes.
The person responsible for some of the texts, old photographs “real notarial acts of the past” A structure that allows a better understanding of the events and people that left their mark on the history of this city and offers the “privilege” of contemplating the evolution of Alcoy over a hundred years in a “visual journey spanning decades”.
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Paco Grau is one of the best Graphic historians of the city of Alcoy Due to his work as a photojournalist in various media from 1978 to 2000, he decided to leave the daily practice of journalism to intensively develop his journalism profession. publication editorIt has launched more than twenty such initiatives in the last two decades.