Barcelona, Besòs View
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Palau de La Virreina la Rambla 99, Barcelona
‘Barcelona, Besòs View’ is a photographic project detailing the development of the city’s eastern waterfront in the early years of the 21st century. The result of an unusual collaboration between French photographer Patrick Faigenbaum and geographer Joan Roca, this urban portrait represents the transformation of the city as seen from the periphery, along the banks of the Besòs River. In the photos, taken by Faigenbaum between 1999 and 2007, the creators wanted to do more than simply expose the urban development of Barcelona in this eight-year window; the idea was to represent the process from the viewpoint of local residents. This personalised perspective is achieved through photographic documentation, not only of the visible architectural evolution of the city, but also by capturing the spirit of the individuals and the community that live in this peripheral area. According to Roca, there was a desire to construct “a vision that was locally rooted but not ‘localist’”, as a means of “contributing to a new perception of the ‘local’ and the ‘global”.
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