A photograph of everyday working life: Editorial Bruguera and Cooperativa Pau i Justícia
The photographs of the Editorial Bruguera of Gràcia, many of which were published in its internal newsletter Nosotros, offer a very close-up view of its workers in many environments such as the drawing rooms, canteen, meetings or photograph exhibitions, given that it was a publishing house with a great tradition for photography in which amateur photographic and cinematic competitions were held among the personnel.
The Cooperativa de Consum Pau i Justícia, founded in 1897 in the neighbourhood of Poblenou, owned a wide range of shops and stores during the 1970s, as can be seen in the photographs from its collection, and the great presence of workers willingly posing with smiles on their faces in front of the camera with housewives doing their shopping, as can be seen in these images taken by Reportatges Arcali of carrer de Lepant, no. 282.
Bruguera canteen in the building on carrer de Móra la Nova, author unknown, 1962. Editorial Bruguera Collection. AMDG.
Cover of Nosotros. The photograph ‘Homenets’ received an award in the Nosotros trophy, 16 May 1963. Bruguera Collection. AMDG.