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Editorial Lumen, 1964. First edition, first printing. With original signature by Juan Colom! Sensational, like new condition! Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 220/221. Hardcover without jacket (as issued). 227 x 210 mm (9 x 8 1/2 in), 92 pages. 34 black&white photographs, including 1 gatefold. Text by Camilo José Cela; photographs by Juan (Joan) Colom; design by Christián (Christian) Civici and Oscar Tusquets. Condition: Covers in brilliant white color with lightest trace of use. Outside like new. Inside new, mint, unread. Signed by Juan Colom! Collector`s item! The book is the genious cooperation between spain`s leading and most controversial writer and Nobel Prize Winner for literature (1989) Camilo José Cela and the leading photographer in the Catalan Photographic Group as one of the publishers most controversial books, due entirely to its erotic content, which brought it much condemnation. Characteristically, Cela`s text is brutal and frankly ribald. Colom`s pictures are of prostitutes in the Raval, the Chinese quarter of Barcelona. I discovered the Barrio Chino in 1958, I understood that it was my world. I was fascinated by its diversity and its social richnessI literally got sucked in by the human quality of these characters. Every weekend for more than two years, Joan Colom explored the "bas-fonds" of Barcelona, the Raval neighbourhood that is known today as the "Barrio Chino". Concerned with remaining discreet and breaking with the aesthetic traditions of his elders, he began by photographing without aiming the camera. Only whilst printing would he decide on the precise frame for each image. He saw himself as an impassioned witness of a social theatre and his work as a search for authentic "images that touch me." Today, the "imaginaire" of urban life of the Barrio Chino is rooted in Colom's images. His work was praised early on by personalities such as Ramon Massats and Joseph Maria Casademont who wrote in 1961: "with Joan Colom, we are entering a new phase of our history of photography." In these images the modernist avantgarde of the fifties is interwined with the "dark" and pessimistic tradition of Spain during the Franco era. Joan Colom was born in Barcelona in 1921. Following military service, he became an accountant in a firm where he stayed until his retirement in 1986. But at the age of 36 he also developed a passion for photography, joining the Photographic Association of Catalonia where he very quickly learnt the technical skills that helped him in his atypical career.***************Editorial Lumen, Barcelona, 1964. Erstausgabe. Spanische Originalausgabe. Mit der Original-Signatur von Juan Colom! Sensationeller, neuwertiger Zustand! Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 1, page 220/221. Hardcover ohne Schutzumschlag (nur so erschienen). 227 x 210 mm. 92 Seiten. 34 schwarz-weiß Fotografien inklusive einer ausklappbaren Tafel. Design von Christián (Christian) Civici and Oscar Tusquets. Zustand: Cover wie neu in brilliantem Weiß mit nur minimalsten Gebrauchspuren. Buch innen neu und ungelesen. Insgesamt sensationell guter Zustand dieses höchst empfindlichen Buches. Eines der wichtigsten Bücher in der Geschichte der Fotografie! Signiert von Juan Colom! Sammler-Objekt! Die geniale Kooperation zwischen einem der umstrittensten Autoren und Nobelpreisträger für Literatur (1989) Camilo José Cela und einem der führenden Fotografen der katalanischen Fotovereinigung Juan (Joan) Colom herausgegeben von Editorial Lumen als eine ihrer umstrittensten Publikationen der damaligen Zeit aufgrund des erotischen Inhalts. Coloms Bilder zeigen die Prostituierten in Raval, dem "Chinatown" von Barcelona. Der Spanier Colom (geb. 1921) fotografierte diese Serie Anfang der sechziger Jahre in Barcelonas Stadtteil Raval. Er löste die Kamera aus, ohne durch den Sucher zu schauen, folgte als Amateur der Fotografie, und wird jetzt, achtzig-jährig, in Spanien und in aller Welt zu Recht für seine tollen Bilder gefeiert. Sprache: Spanisch Gewi

Madrid: Sílex, 1989. FIRST EDITION of this meeting of the minds between the greatest Spanish painter of the 18th and 19th centuries and the greatest Spanish novelist of the 20th. The 80 plates of Goya's Caprichos are reproduced on the odd-numbered pages, one to a page. Facing each one are the comments of Camilo José Cela (Nobel Prize for Literature, 1989). This copy includes AN ORIGINAL DRAWING BY CELA ON THE TITLE-PAGE, an imitation of Goya's famous self-portrait (plate 1 of the Caprichos) WITH SOME OF THE FEATURES ALTERED TO RESEMBLE CELA. Signed in full, dated (October 10, 1991), and localized (Guadalajara). With a warm presentation inscription to a friend. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth with dustjacket. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Unique.

X2010K03610LI. 248 g. 272 pp. Estado, bien. Firmado por el autor en la página de cortesía el 9 de agosto de 1984, en Corcubión, y dedicado a María y Raúl. Bibliofilia, firmado por el autor. Ejemplar amarilleado. Quinta edición, de noviembre de 1983. Col. Biblioteca Breve.