En defensa del fervor, Mostra col·lectiva de fotollibres
10a edició del Festival Panoràmic
Two hundred years after the first photograph, image-making technologies and processes have changed radically. Chemical processes have been replaced by digital sensors, and photographs now circulate constantly and instantaneously. Despite this transformation, one fundamental need remains: to look. En defensa del fervor brings together a selection of photobooks that explore photography’s ability to observe and question everyday reality.
Rather than focusing on major events, the authors turn their gaze towards people, places and experiences close at hand. The works reveal the complexity, fragility and beauty that can exist in the ordinary. They do not seek to offer definitive answers or fixed interpretations, but instead use sequences, associations and visual intuitions to generate open readings. Each photobook thus proposes an experience in which the viewer participates in the construction of meaning. Within the framework of the bicentenary of photography, En defensa del fervor highlights both the evolution of the medium and the persistence of an essential impulse: to look at the world and rediscover it through images.
MONTSE PUIG
Montse Puig (Blanes, 1965) holds a degree in History from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She studied photography at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya and furthered her training through workshops led by photographers including Eduardo Momeñe, José Manuel Navia and Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, among others. Her professional career has been connected to photography across different fields, including both photographic practice and editorial management and production. For five years, she collaborated with the Image Department of the Arxiu Nacional de Catalunya, where she also designed and managed the photographic laboratory. Her relationship with books and photography led her, after thirteen years working at RBA, to found Ediciones Anómalas in 2012. The publishing house specialises in photography and was created with the aim of building a coherent and rigorous catalogue. Its list combines established authors with an international reputation and emerging voices from the contemporary photographic scene.
Curator: Montse Puig
Type: Exhibition
Dates: 16 October – 22 November 2026
Venue: Granollers · Roca Umbert Fàbrica de les Arts · Dents de Serra · Carrer d’Enric Prat de la Riba, 77
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OPENING HOURS
Fridays: 5–8 pm
Saturdays and Sundays: 11 am–2 pm and 5–8 pm
