Consuelo
Bautista, a very unique photographer, captures with her camera the
intense daily life, activities and varied cultures and beliefs of the
Old Chinatown of Barcelona. The city is dedicated to her an exhibition
of her work, photo art combined with humour, without interfering the
true essence of the area. None of the 53 exhibits has a title, as she
stressed that none of them needs words to describe the intimate and one
& only never possible to be repeated moments.
She
uses only analogue cameras and always black & white film without
optical zoom, and with total liberty, far from the topical or popular
places, not even including the popular spot, the red light district; day
or night, with suffocating colours or under the rain. She has cast her
looks over the terrain with intuition to capture the spirit, the
extraordinary and varied life, the culture, and the beliefs of the
Raval area, through old narrow streets and lanes, local bars and squares
and people ... The exhibition commissioned by the Arxiu Photography of
Barcelona, opens it's doors today in the rooftop terrace of the Museum
of Chocolate.
This
collection is more like a documentary in photo art, with no words at
all only images that tell tales of truth with humour. There's another
section where the images are combined with sounds as they occurred at
the time and place of the photo shoot. She wants to show true emotions
and daily activities of the ordinary people of this district ,regarded
as the oldest with the most varied and mixed of culture and traditions,
living in admirable harmony despite the differences of race, creed,
social status, educational background and religions.
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