About me
Training
I was born in Barcelona in 1959. Studies of Geography at the University of Barcelona.
Training photography at IDEP (Escola Superior d'Imatge i Disseny) in Barcelona. By the time I made these studies (1980s) they were in a 100% analog environment. Specialization in black and white laboratory.
Workshops with renowned photographers such as Humberto Rivas, Jordi Guillumet and Manolo Laguillo (application of the Zone System).
In the digital environment I have carried out advanced Digital Camera and Photoshop workshops.
Experience and Publications
Various exhibitions, both collective and individual, in galleries, museums and public institutions. (Examples):
- "Joves Fotògrafs" organized by "Caixa de Pensions Foundation".
- "Primal Imatge" organized by the "Department de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya". September-October 1990.
- "Album de Barcelona". Llucià Homs Gallery, Barcelona. April-May 2000
My most relevant individual exhibition up to date took place in 1997, within the "Imago 97. Encuentros de Fotografía y Video" festival, organized by the University of Salamanca. As a result of this exhibition, the book "Antonio Blanco 1988-1996" was published by the publisher Campo de Agramante. (Attached link with the reference to the book of the mentioned editorial).
"Link to the book "Antonio Blanco 1988-1996 University of Salamanca"
Photographies acquired by several public collections (i.e. Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya) y privadas.
Photographies published in several photo and art magazines (some examples attached):
- Foto-Video Actualidad nº 20 1990.
- Impresions "Revista de fotografia" Junio-Agosto 1994.
- Nexus, Revista semestral de cultura, Fundació Caixa de Catalunya, nº 13 Diciembre 1994.
- Revista Foto Enero 1999.
Specialities
My main interest has always been landscape and nature photography. My first references are the great American landscapers like Ansel Adams, and with it the great "open" landscapes. All my photographs are in non-urban areas and NO people.
As I went working in forests, mountains, natural parks, in an unconscious way, my vision was "closing" and focusing more on small corners and elements of nature (leaves, trunks, ponds, rocks, etc.) so that my photos are increasingly abstract and less descriptive.
I am interested in the spectator having to stop and ask himself what the object of the photo is, or better yet, what you see, what it suggests.
In recent years and having a much more urban life, I have been also interested in Architecture and the urban environment. Even if the object changes, my point of viewand my intention do not change either. I look for unusual frames and also NO people.