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Two visions of Spain in the 1950s. Eugene Smith and Brassaï.


In the nineteen fifties Spain caught the interest of a number of international photographers. Two specific projects are recalled here: Eugene Smith’s Spanish Village, a controversial feature with overt political intentions made for Life magazine, and Brassaï’s series Séville en fête made for Harper’s Bazaar, that proposes instead a picture of Spain halfway between the dream-like images indebted to Surrealism and the clichés of a tourist guide.

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image of Brassaï. Semana Santa en Sevilla, ca. 1950

image of Brassaï. Garde Civil (Guardia Civil), 1950

image of Eugene Smith. The Spinner, Deleitosa, Spain (La hilandera, Deleitosa, España), 1950

Brassaï. Semana Santa en Sevilla, ca. 1950

Brassaï. Garde Civil (Guardia Civil), 1950

Eugene Smith. The Spinner, Deleitosa, Spain (La hilandera, Deleitosa, España), 1950



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