Lights in the black

Javier Aiguabella

ISBN: 978-84-943527-0-6

Year: 2015

Pages: 192

Illustrations: 123

Binding: in chrome cardboard

Size: 19 x 24 cm

Published by: Madrid, El Viso Editions

"Lights in the Black" is a unique photographic journey through Spain in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, exploring the most attractive aspects of the era's society and its surroundings. Javier Aiguabella offers a new perspective on that period, from the postwar period to the consolidation of development, revealing an unexpected and often surprising country. Far from conventional approaches, the book highlights the most pleasant aspects of Spanish life at that time, which balanced political isolation and poverty with spaces of coexistence, well-being, and indomitable optimism. More than 120 images by great photographers and unknown amateurs illustrate the resilience, joy, and vivacity of civil society, which, after the brutal war, felt a desire to enjoy and regenerate. This book offers a unique insight into photography and a little-discussed historical period, yet one full of nuances and aesthetic richness.