Excm. Sr. Manuel LAGUILLO MENÉNDEZ
Palma, 1953
Applied arts (7)
Speciality: Photography
Ingress date: 20.04.2023
Medal: 49
Biographical note: Professor-Chairman of Photography at the Fine Arts Faculty, UB, (1996-today). The artistic work of Manolo Laguillo has centered since its beginnings around the questions which arise when photographically representing the city and the anthropogenic landscape. Among his recent projects are the following: Valladolid (2022-2023), Barcelona en el confinamiento (2020), Trieste (2020), Zorita y Vandellòs. Las primeras Centrales Nucleares (2018-2020), El Estrecho de Gibraltar (2018-2019), Los ríos Porma y Curueño (2017-2018), Beirut (2017), Las provincias (2014-2015), Japón (2014), Lavapiés Madrid (2014), Seis panoramas: Barcelona, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca (2010). Individual exhibitions of his work were held at: MACBA (Barcelona, 2007), Museo ICO (Madrid, 2013), La Virreina (Barcelona, 2020), MUN (Pamplona, 2021) and Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid, 2023). Collections: MACBA (Barcelona), MNAC (Barcelona), Fundació Foto Colectània (Barcelona), MNCARS (Madrid), MUN (Pamplona), MUSAC (León), Museo Patio Herreriano (Valladolid), Bibliothèque national de France (París), Consejo Mexicano de la Fotografía. His books and articles on the technique, theory and history of photography occupy a key position in the specialized bibliography.
Admission speech: "Para una historia cultural del detalle: la fotografía documental". Discurs de resposta per l'acadèmic numerari Excm. Sr. Daniel Giralt-Miracle