Ricardo Martín @ Kubo-kutxa gallery

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Ricardo Martín @ Kubo-kutxa gallery

November 19th, 2016 by fstop

Ricardo Martín Photographer and Observer
From 4 November 2016 to 22 January 2017

Ricardo Martín embarked on his professional career in 1914 when the illustrated magazines were at their peak. He set up his photographic studio on Fuenterrabía street in San Sebastian, subsequently to be inaugurated in April 1915 with the name of Photo-Carte.

The photographer and his colleagues used to tour the beach and top locations every day. Their photos reported on the latest trends in fashion, including women sporting their novel bathing suits. They were not random snapshots, they sought distinction in their images. The Avenida de la Libertad, Paseo de la Concha and above all the corner of the Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra turned into their backdrops.

Ricardo Martín was a multi-faceted photographer committed to ongoing experimenting. He was a reporter who bequeathed thousands of testimonies, anonymous portraits, accidents, joys and sadness. Martín used to tour the city, its promenades, its beaches, the neighbourhood festivals as well as those put on for the summer visitors.

Kubo-kutxa gallery
Zurriola 1
20002 Donostia/San Sebastián

Location: San Sebastián, Spain Type: Exhibition

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