Toni Catany. Time and things

A production by La Perifèrica produccions with the participation of RTVE and TV3

‘The photos I take are autobiographical, whether they are of a body or a peach. When I need to express myself, the photos I take have to touch my heart.’

Sometimes a photographer’s studio does not reflect the artist. In the case of Toni Catany, his home-studio in Barcelona is the Venice he inhabits every day. He is obsessed with the reason behind things and the passage of time. He works in all genres: still lifes, portraits, nudes, landscapes… Always in a particular way, without belonging to any school. An intrepid traveller, he travels across five continents in search of the Mediterranean that marked his childhood in Mallorca.

Toni Catany (1942–2013). He abandoned his chemistry studies to pursue photography. His first solo exhibition was at the Aixelà Gallery in Barcelona in 1972. This marked the beginning of a professional career that became international when he was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in France in 1991. In Spain, he won the 2001 National Photography Award. That same year, the Generalitat de Catalunya awarded him the National Plastic Arts Award, and in 2002, the MNAC, the National Art Museum of Catalonia, organised an exhibition of his entire career. In 2003, the Government of the Balearic Islands awarded him the Ramón Llull Prize.

Participants:

Alain D’Hooghe, gallerist and publisher
Isabel Muñoz, photographer
Miquel Barceló, artist
Antoni Garau, director of the Toni Catany Foundation
Maria del Mar Bonet, singer
Ramón Masats, photographer
Ana Maria Briongos, writer and traveler
Cristina García-Rodero, photographer
Àngel Albarran and Ana Cabrera, photographers
Masao Yamamoto, photographer
Pepe Font de Mora, director of the Foto Colectania Foundation
Joaquim Corbera, Director for Latin America, Lunwerg – Grupo Planeta