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The Encyclopedia of the Art of Photography

    Joan Colom

    (1921-2017)

      Joan Colom i Altemir (April 1921 – 3 September 2017) was a Spanish photographer renowned for his portraits of Barcelona's underworld and working class, especially in the infamous neighbourhood of Raval.

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      Projects

      Joan Colom – Streetwalkers, Second-Tier Tarts, and Fallen Women
      Streetwalkers, Second-Tier Tarts, and Fallen Women

      Candid documentation of Barcelona’s marginalized sex workers in the late 1950s and early 1960s, presented through high-contrast black-and-white photography with distinctive grain.

      Books

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      Joan Colom: Raval
      • Steidl, 2006
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      Joan Colom: I Work the Street, Photographs 1957-2010
      • La Fábrica, 2014
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      Joan Colom: Fotografías de Barcelona
      • Lunwerg Editores, 2007