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Shooting from the Heart
Shooting from the Heart
March 9, 2022
Joana Biarnés: Models with fashionable shorts, Madrid, 1971
© Joana Biarnés / Fundación Photographic Social Vision
f3 – freiraum für fotografie in Berlin celebrates the work of Joana Biarnés – Spain’s first woman photojournalist. ‘Disparando con el Corazón – Shooting from the Heart’ is open from March 9 to May 1, 2022.
Joana Biarnés (1935–2018) is widely regarded as the Iberian Peninsula’s first female photojournalist. Francoist Spain promoted a very traditional view of women: Biarnés had to overcome an inordinate amount of prejudice and resistance to succeed in an exclusively male-dominated world. However, when she found a job at the daily newspaper Pueblo, her work spoke for itself: her modern, self-confident and ironic visual style struck a chord with a country that was slowly turning towards Europe after decades of a totalitarian regime.
In the course of her career, Biarnés documented Spain from the mid-1950s to the 1980s. Disillusioned by the increasing commercialisation of the media landscape, she eventually gave up photography – instead running one of Ibiza’s most well-known restaurants together with her husband.
For a long time, Biarnés’ work slipped into obscurity, until her oeuvre was rediscovered a few years ago. The exhibition in Berlin marks the first time her unique oeuvre is presented to German audiences.
For further information visit f3 – freiraum für fotografie
Joana Biarnés (1935–2018) is widely regarded as the Iberian Peninsula’s first female photojournalist. Francoist Spain promoted a very traditional view of women: Biarnés had to overcome an inordinate amount of prejudice and resistance to succeed in an exclusively male-dominated world. However, when she found a job at the daily newspaper Pueblo, her work spoke for itself: her modern, self-confident and ironic visual style struck a chord with a country that was slowly turning towards Europe after decades of a totalitarian regime.
In the course of her career, Biarnés documented Spain from the mid-1950s to the 1980s. Disillusioned by the increasing commercialisation of the media landscape, she eventually gave up photography – instead running one of Ibiza’s most well-known restaurants together with her husband.
For a long time, Biarnés’ work slipped into obscurity, until her oeuvre was rediscovered a few years ago. The exhibition in Berlin marks the first time her unique oeuvre is presented to German audiences.
For further information visit f3 – freiraum für fotografie
Joana Biarnés: Models with fashionable shorts, Madrid, 1971
© Joana Biarnés / Fundación Photographic Social Vision
Joana Biarnés: Joana Biarnés during a report on the rescue of 57 Spanish fishermen shipwrecked in Newfoundland. Canada, 1967
© Joana Biarnés / Fundación Photographic Social Vision
Joana Biarnés: Everyday scene, Madrid, 1970
© Joana Biarnés / Fundación Photographic Social Vision
Joana Biarnés: Dalí dressed up as a clown next to a model. Portlligat, Girona, 1966
© Joana Biarnés / Fundación Photographic Social Vision