Fons Josep Iglésias i Trias (en tractament)

Images in collection

Josep Iglésias i Trias Collection

In 2017, Pep Iglésias i Trias (Girona, 1958-2018), a well-known press photographer from the Girona region, donated more than one hundred and twenty four thousand photographs to INSPAI, Image Centre of the Diputació de Girona, which were added to the fonds and collections held and preserved by this institution. The Pep Iglésias fonds includes a collection of images resulting from his work at newspapers in Spain, Girona, Catalonia and Andorra. In addition to this collection, the fonds also contains international images and photographs of a more artistic nature, along with more vindictive ones that are part of his most recent work.

Pep Iglésias i Trias began in the professional photography world in the late seventies, working for different media outlets in Madrid, such as Dinero, some publications from Grupo Z and Estructura Económica. In the nineties, his professional activity centred on photojournalism, as the head of photography at Diari de Girona (1991-1995) and Diari d¿Andorra (1995-2001).

From 2001 he worked as a freelance photographer in the field of advertising and communication, and in workshops with artists such as Quico Estivill, Pep Admetlla, Jordi Gispert and Ralph Bernabei (Outer Horizons magazine).

He also worked as an official photographer for various institutions, and continued to publish for outlets such as Revista de Girona, El Punt Avui, El País, the magazine Contagi, La Vanguardia, the newspaper Marca, Sport and the Sunday Times. He also served as a correspondent for the agency Cover.

He displayed his works in group photojournalism exhibitions, photography biennials, thematic exhibitions, etc.

Area of identification

Reference code

CAT INSPAI 60

Level of description

Collection

Title

Josep Iglésias i Trias Collection

Date(s)

Start date: 1979 / End date: 2016

Volume and support

54,000 medium-format polyester plastic negatives. 70,000 digital exposure photographs.

Context area

Name of producer(s)

Pep Iglésias i Trias

Producer history

Pep Iglésias i Trias (Girona, 1958-2018) started work in the world of professional photography at the end of the seventies in various media in Madrid, including Dinero, some of the publications of the Z Group and Estructura Económica. In the nineties his professional activity focused on photojournalism. He became head of photography at the Diari de Girona (1991-1995) and, later, worked for the Diari d'Andorra (1995-2001). From 2001 he worked as a freelance photographer in the field of publicity and communication and took part in workshops with artists such as Quico Estivill, Pep Admetlla, Jordi Gispert and Ralph Bernabei (Outer Horizons magazine). He also worked as an official photographer for various institutions, and continued publishing in media such as Revista de Girona, El Punt Avui, El País, Contagi magazine, La Vanguardia, Marca, Sport and the Sunday Times. He was also a correspondent for the Cover agency. In the course of his teaching work, Pep Iglésias gave photography courses at La Fàbrica Civic Centre in Celrà, the Fontana d'Or and the Professional College of Technical Engineers, among others. During the University summer courses and at the University of Girona Faculty of Arts he was a guest lecturer on the film history and media analysis course. He showed his work in collective photojournalism exhibitions, photography biennials, themed exhibitions, etc.

Archive history

Pep Iglésias' personal collection came to the Diputació de Girona through INSPAI, Centre de la Imatge, in 2017. The collection was previously stored in the photographer's own house, organised in ring binders with a descriptive index of the topics or reports contained in each folder. After the collection was transferred, INSPAI started work on the conservation, digitalisation and description of the items in the collection, which will be carried out over a number of years.

Details of entry

The personal collection was transferred on 17 October 2017, as recorded in the loan agreement and the subsequent donation.

Content area and structure

Scope and content

This personal collection brings together the work that Pep Iglésias created during his career as a photographer and photojournalist. It consists of an approximate total of 124,000 images, 54,000 of which are 35 mm format plastic analogue negatives, and 70,000 of which are digital photographs. 85% of the collection is in black and white, and the remaining 15%, in colour. The period covered runs from 1979 to 2016, and the areas included are the counties of Girona, the rest of Catalonia, Spain and the rest of the world, with images from countries such as Morocco, France and China. The most important themes are events taking place in the Girona region, captured thanks to Iglésias' role as a photojournalist, and artistic and landscape photography carried out on his own initiative or commissioned by advertising or communication companies. It contains interesting reports, such as those on some official visits, studies of artists, the indiscreet window, which captures daily life in Plaça de la Constitució (now Plaça de l'1 d'Octubre) in Girona, and work on the refurbishment of the new Generalitat de Catalunya headquarters in the former Santa Caterina hospital.

Conditions for access and use area

Conditions for access

Free entry.