Photographer specialising in portraiture and street reportage. Pilar Aymerich Puig’s images capture the social and political reality of the late Franco era, and document public protest during the Transition to Democracy. Her articles were published in Serra d’Or, Destino, El País, Fotogramas and other publications, and she collaborated on a number of television programmes.
Before becoming interested in photography, she studied theatre direction at the Adrià Gual school of dramatic art, and did further training in London. It was in the UK capital that she took her first steps in the world of photography.
The Museum of the History of Catalonia has dedicated several exhibitions to her, including 1975-1979. Memòria d’un temps [1975-1979. Memories of a Time] in 2004, and Resistents. La cultura com a defensa [Resistance. Culture as Defence] in 2008. She has received numerous distinctions, such as the Creu de Sant Jordi (2005), the Margarita Rivière prize from the College of Journalists and the National Photography Prize (2021).
A photographer specialising in portraits and reporting, she documented the citizen protests during the Transition. She has published her works in Serra d’Or, Destino, El País and Fotogramas, among others, and has also worked in TV.