The Captive Gaze
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KBr Fundación MAPFRE Avenida Litoral 30, 08005 Barcelona
Authorship unknown. Portraits of a woman and a man, ca.1840-1860 Case with two daguerreotypes from the Ángel Fuentes de Cía collection, © Josep Maria Oliveras
From its emergence in 1839, the daguerreotype held a deep fascination for the way in which these small silver plates seemed to capture the enigma of human identity. They were in huge demand among many strata of society in every country, especially in towns and cities, and became an essential factor in making photography such a huge and accessible phenomenon right from the outset.
The Captive Gaze features 104 images from the collection of daguerreotypes of the Center for Image Research and Diffusion (CDRI) of Girona City Council, one of the most notable of its kind thanks to the variety and importance of the pieces. The exhibition also represents the launch of a line of exhibitions that, within the Kbr’s program, will regularly be devoted to disseminating and broadening people’s knowledge of the photography collections of Catalan institutions.
The exhibition is rounded off with a selection of the instruments used to create daguerreotypes from the Cinema Museum of Girona, which help to understand the visual culture of that period.
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KBr Fundación MAPFRE photo by David Campos.