Francesc Català-Roca (1922-1998) was one of the most important witnesses to war-time life in Spain. With a frank and ironic gaze, free from mannerisms, he abandoned the pictorialist style so common in the Spanish photography of the forties and pioneered Spanish documentary photography. As a press photographer, he worked for various publishers, participated in more than sixty books, traveled throughout Spain and cultivated the friendship of some of Spains's most influential cultural figures.
