Spain's first female photojournalist initially took an interest in photography in her father's photo studio, which was dedicated to sports photojournalism. Her photographs are a portrait of the final decades of the dictatorship and the first years of democracy. She studied at the School of Journalism and started working as a sports photojournalist, later covering a variety of social, fashion and film events. Her first report was published in the newspaper Mundo Deportivo. Her photographs of the floods in Terrassa in 1962, like her report on the Beatles' visit to Barcelona in 1965, are famous. She worked in many media and agencies and was in charge of still photography in cinematographic projects. In the 1980s, she left photojournalism due to her disagreement with the tabloid style that had taken hold of the profession and opened the restaurant Ca Na Joana in Eivissa (Ibiza).
Her career has been the subject of several exhibitions and she received various distinctions in recognition of her work, including as the Creu de Sant Jordi (St George’s Cross) in 2014.
A graphic journalist, she was one of the first women to work as a professional press photographer during the Franco regime. She worked in many media and agencies and was in charge of still photography in cinematographic projects.