Manolo Laguillo (Madrid, 1953) is a Chair of Photography at the Universidad de Barcelona and a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona. From its beginnings in 1976, his work has focused on the representation of cities, aligning with debates on the tensions of urban growth in geography, anthropology, history, and sociology. He has worked in numerous Spanish cities and also in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Mexico, the United States, North Africa, Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Japan. As a documentary photographer, he is aware of the need to reflect on the medium’s limits, which has informed his writing in several essential books examining fundamental aspects of photographic theory and technique.
Manolo Laguillo (Madrid, 1953) is a Chair of Photography at the Universidad de Barcelona and a member of the Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona. From its beginnings in 1976, his work has focused on the representation of cities, aligning with debates on the tensions of urban growth in geography, anthropology, history, and sociology. He has worked in numerous Spanish cities and also in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, Mexico, the United States, North Africa, Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Japan. As a documentary photographer, he is aware of the need to reflect on the medium’s limits, which has informed his writing in several essential books examining fundamental aspects of photographic theory and technique.