This catalogue was published in connection with the exhibition "Photobooks: Spain 1905-1977" organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia and Acción Cultural Española from 27 May 2014 to 5 January 2015. After ending in Madrid, the exhibition is due to travel to other international venues.
Summary
"Photobooks : Spain 1905-1997 is a study of the photobooks published in Spain during the twentieth century. The volume deals in detail with thirty photobooks, illustrated with numerous photographs, and offers an overview of some one hundred others in the introductory text. It constitutes a new and surprising chapter in the new history of photography being written in recent years through the rediscovery of the photobook"--Publisher's website.
