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Xavier Miserachs i Ribalta ((:ʃəβiˈe mizəˈɾaɡz i riˈβaɫtə); July 12, 1937 - August 14, 1998) was a Catalan photographer. He studied medicine at the University of Barcelona, but left school to be a photographer. He exhibited in Barcelona from 1956. His work is reminiscent of neorealism and is representative of the years of Spanish economic recovery, 1950-1960. His photographs shows him as a creator of a new image of the city and its people. In 1998 he received the Creu de Sant Jordi of the Catalan government. == Biography == Miserachs was born in Barcelona on July 12, 1937, in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. He was the son of a hematologist and a librarian, Manuel Miserachs and Montserrat Ribalta. He discovered photography at the Technical Institute of Santa Eulàlia, in Barcelona, where he met Ramon Fabregat and his brother Antonio. He studied four courses of a career in medicine, but left shortly before the end to embark on a career as a professional photographer. In 1952 he became a member of the Photographic Association of Catalonia (''Agrupació Fotogràfica de Catalunya''), where he became friends with Oriol Maspons. He first exhibited at the headquarters of the Photographic Association of Catalonia in 1957, along with Ricard Terré and Ramon Masats. In 1959 they presented work together again in the Sala Aixelà of Barcelona. He began his professional career in 1959, when Xavier Busquets commissioned him to guide Picasso in his drawings of the facade of the College of Architects of Catalonia. In 1961, after returning from military service, Miserachs wanted independence, and set up his first studio in Casa David at Carrer Tuset in Barcelona. He began photographing on request and for book authors, his work appeared in books such as ''Barcelona Blanc i Negre'' (with 400 photographs recounting the war in Barcelona) and ''Costa Brava Show''. During the 1960s he also served as a news reporter for Spanish magazines. In 1968 he signed an exclusive contract with the ''Revista Triunfo''. He also published several articles in ''La Vanguardia'', ''Gaceta Ilustrada'', ''Interviú'', ''Bazaar'' and ''Magazin''. He was thus able to witness such historic events as May 68, Swinging London and Prague Spring. Miserachs also worked doing reports and also engaged mainly in editorial photography. In January 1967 he co-founded the ''Escola Eina'', where he was one of the first professors of photography. He occasionally frequented Boccaccio's, then the meeting place par excellence of the ''gauche divine''. In 1997 he published his memoir, ''contact sheets'', which won a Gaziel prize. Miserachs died on August 14, 1998, aged 61, in the Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol in Badalona from lung cancer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Xavier Miserachs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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