Amateur photography and the urban route
Other collections belonging to photographers who first-hand documented their neighbourhood, such as Tomàs Fàbregas, born in 1896, a worker at the Fabra i Coats factory and linked to the Saint-Victor Photography Group. He had a passion for photography which he developed throughout his life, creating images that are an exceptional testimony to the history of Sant Andreu. Jaume Caminal, of Horta-Guinardó, combined his work at La Maquinista Terrestre i Marítima with photography and became a great visual chronicler of Horta during the second half of the 20th century. In Les Corts, Bonaventura Batlle i Joaquim Tapiola, with their routes camera in hand, also left a very important visual testimony of the district.
Carrer del Llenguadoc and rambla de Fabra i Puig, Tomàs Fàbregas, 1944. Photographic Archive of Barcelona.
Tram 51 travelling along avinguda de la Meridiana, Tomàs Fàbregas, 1947-1954. Photographic Archive of Barcelona.
A man drinking from the mountain in plaça de les Palmeres, Tomàs Fàbregas, 1936. Photographic Archive of Barcelona.
Plaça d’Eivissa with snow, Jaume Caminal, 1962. AMDHG
Inauguration of the Horta - la Sagrera metro, Jaume Caminal, 1967. AMDHG
Carrer de Can Travi, Jaume Caminal, 1956. AMDHG
Sardanes in plaça de la Concòrdia, Bonaventura Batlle i Piera, 1922. AMDC
Palm Sunday in plaça de la Concòrdia, Joaquim Tapiola i Balmes,1943-1944. AMDC
Football Club Barcelona, Joaquim Tapiola i Balmes, 1940-1945. AMDC