Cuallado, Gabriel

b. 1925, Masanasa (Valencia)

   Photographer

   Cuallado is the best known Spanish photographer of his generation. Among the distinctions awarded to his work are that of Best European Photographer (1993) and the National Photography Prize (Spain, 1994). His early training took place within the Afal group, which he joined in 1957. In 1959 he was a founder member of the group La Palangana, which strives to encourage a more modern approach to Spanish photography. His works are distinguished by their vigorous composition, as well as by the important role of the material objects included within the frame. The background is treated with the same care as the human subject who nearly always appears in his pictures. He employs an exceptionally varied range of grey scales in his black and white photography.

   Further reading

   - Gabriel Cuallado (1989) Valencia, IVAM

   MIHAIL MOLDOVEANU