{"id":12315,"date":"2021-09-06T18:30:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T16:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/2021\/09\/06\/fototertulia-angel-prat-el-fotograf-de-la-ruralia-i-de-la-mirada-sagac-a-carrec-de-sonia-granel-marin\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:18:22","slug":"fototertulia-angel-prat-el-fotograf-de-la-ruralia-i-de-la-mirada-sagac-a-carrec-de-sonia-granel-marin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/en\/2021\/09\/06\/fototertulia-angel-prat-el-fotograf-de-la-ruralia-i-de-la-mirada-sagac-a-carrec-de-sonia-granel-marin\/","title":{"rendered":"Fototert\u00falia (Photo talk) <i>\u00c0ngel Prat, the photographer of the countryside and the shrewd look<\/i>, by S\u00f2nia Granel Mar\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the presentation by Ramon Barnadas, who introduced S\u00f2nia Granel and told us also about the latest news at Fotoconnexi\u00f3, S\u00f3nia told us about the figure and work of \u00c0ngel Prat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fototert\u00falia 2021-09-06 \u00c0ngel Prat, el fot\u00f2graf de la ruralia i de la mirada saga\u00e7, per S\u00f2nia Granel\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1aTBlKp1qHM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00c0ngel Prat i Pujol (Cal Vidal, Puig-Reig, 1906 &#8211; Vilardaga de la Gu\u00e0rdia, Sag\u00e0s, 2002), was born in an industrial colony on the Llobregat river where his parents owned the inn and the butcher shop. He began in the photographic practice out of simple curiosity, thanks to the arrival of the cinematographer in Puig-Reig. He then was fourteen years old and as a result of that event he began to make Chinese shadows in his house with transparent paper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092553-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"218\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092627.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092627-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This hobby grew when the family moved to live in another neighborhood in the Bergued\u00e0 region. There he established contact with Belgian loom assemblers accustomed to the new technological and photographic trends of the moment, who provided him with magazines and photography manuals that he studied. From them he retained his technique, the practice of capturing and developing photographs and adapted his own technique in a totally self-taught way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092929.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12094\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092929-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092816.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092816-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After his wedding with an heiress of a large rural house in the municipality of Sag\u00e0s (also in the Bergued\u00e0 region) the doors were opened to him to develop his photographic facet more regularly.<\/p>\n<p>As an amateur and self-taught photographer, Prat won several national and international awards. His work is an experiential and documentary legacy of the first magnitude about the landscape of Bergued\u00e0, the agricultural work in the farmhouses, the textile colonies, the social and journalistic chronicle, without forgetting the images of his travels or the author&#8217;s photographs .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092748-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092659-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His work was investigated between 2014 and 2015 on the occasion of the exhibition and publication of the book <em>\u00c0ngel Prat, the shrewd gaze. Photographs from 1940 to 1980<\/em>, curated by S\u00f2nia Granel, a tribute to the figure of the photographer. The exhibition was promoted by the company Logos Bergued\u00e0, led by Virg\u00ednia Parramon, whose objective was to promote culture in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092659.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092659-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"217\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-093135.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-093135-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"385\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After an exhaustive revision work of the photographic collection of Prat, it was possible to meet and appreciate the gaze of a man passionate about photography, landscapes, the region and his time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2021-09-07-092856-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fotoconnexio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Infants-lligant-panolles-de-blat-de-moro-per-deixar-les-assecar-en-una-sala-de-la-casa-de-Vilardaga-de-la-Guardia.-Sagas-c.-1950-1960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11953\" 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