Pablo García Cortés, Pablito fonds

Girona press photographer
Almeria, 10/05/1922 - Girona, 1/03/1999

The Pablito Fonds of images dating from 1957-1984 contains material of great interest for the history and chronicles of Girona province. As press photographer, Pablito recorded the boom years of tourism on the Costa Brava, with images of artists, personalities and celebrities from all over the world, as well as a substantial graphic record of the social, political and artistic life in Girona province over the same period. In 1957, Pablito began his long professional career as a press photographer, during which he worked for Los Sitios newspaper in Girona, L'Indépendant in Perpignan, Tele-Exprés, Lean, Dicenand other Barcelona publications, and also for EFE and Europa Press agencies. He was a privileged witness to many different kinds of events and his works have been seen all over the world.

Acquisition of the Pablito Fonds was the result of an agreement in 1993 between the author and Girona Provincial Council.

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Àrea d'identificació
IF-de referència
CAT INSPAI 3

Nivell de descripció
Fons

Títol
Pablo García Cortés, Pablito fonds

Data/es
Dates of creation: 1940-1984 / Dates of addition: 1980-1984 and 1984-2009

Volum i suport
74,360 cellulose acetate negatives in black and white, 35 mm format; 297 plastic negatives in colour, 35 mm format; 475 black and white photographs on paper, 10 × 15 cm format; 1,028 black and white photographs on paper, 13 × 18 cm format; 1,654 black and white photographs on paper, 18 × 24 cm format (gelatin process); 570 colour photographs on paper, 10 × 15 cm format; 31 colour photographs on paper, 13 × 18 cm format; and 7 colour photographs on paper, 18 × 24 cm format.
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The fonds brings together the photographic material generated by its creator and author, Pablo García, during his professional career as a graphic reporter and photojournalist, mainly in publications in Girona province. The chronological scope of the graphic material spans from 1940 to 1999, when the author died. Geographically, it is focused primarily on Girona province.

The thematic content can be appreciated in the work he carried out for the Costa Brava edition of the Perpignan-based newspaper, L'Indépendant, looking at the tourist boom suffered in the Costa Brava during the 1960s, with images of tourists, nightlife, bullfights, famous people, etc.

From his time as editor and graphic reporter for important agencies such as EFE, we have images of political, social, cultural and sporting events, famous figures such as Salvador Dalí, and performances by other artists from the world of show business during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Clippings from newspapers where he published his images and publicity material from discos, dance halls, and other places he did reports on.

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