style & design

Curated by Juan Naranjo, Distinction. A Century of Fashion Photography explores distinction in sartorial images. The photos represent Naranjo’s interpretation of the twofold meaning of the word: elegance, an intrinsic quality of fashion, and difference, which connects to the artistic avant-garde.

Focusing on 35 Catalan photographers, the exhibition comprises 464 images taken between 1903 and 2013. From the turn of the 20^th century, illustrated magazines began to use photography habitually. This changed peoples’ perceptions and sensibilities and saw the role of the photographer evolve into that of an artistic provocateur.

The showcase offers a rare chance to see how fashion, photographic techniques and styles of composition have developed over the course of a century in Catalunya. You’ll find works by Josep Sala, Leopoldo Pomés, Oriol Maspons, Manel Esclusa, María Espeus, José Manuel Ferrater, Antoni Bernad and more.