Ramón Masats
Spanish photographer and filmmaker (1931–2024)
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Born | Ramón Masats Tartera (1931-03-17)17 March 1931 Caldes de Montbui, Spain |
Died | 4 March 2024(2024-03-04) (aged 92) Madrid, Spain |
Nationality | Spain |
Occupation(s) | Photographer Filmmaker |
Ramón Masats Tatera (17 March 1931 – 4 March 2024) was a Spanish photographer and filmmaker.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Caldes de Montbui on 16 March 1931, Masats first became a photojournalist in 1953 and worked at La Rambla in Barcelona. The following year, he joined the Real Sociedad Fotográfica [es]. In 1957, he joined the Agrupació Fotogràfica de Catalunya [ca].[3] That year, he moved to Madrid and joined the Gaceta Ilustrada [es], the Grupo fotográfico AFAL [es], and Arriba. In 1964, he released his documentary on the Museo del Prado, which won him an award at the Taormina Film Fest.
Ramón Masats died in Madrid on 4 March 2024, at the age of 92.[4]
Awards
- National Photography Award [es] (2004)[5]
References
- ^ "Ramon Masats i Tartera". Enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan).
- ^ "Muere el fotógrafo Ramon Masats a los 92 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Diccionario de fotógrafos españoles. Del siglo XIX al XXI (in Spanish). Madrid: La Fábrica y Acción cultural española. 2013. p. 366-367. ISBN 978-84-15691-09-9.
- ^ Bonet, Juan Monet (5 March 2024). "La fotografía pierde a Ramón Masats, un pedazo de la historia de España". ABC (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Ramón Masats" (PDF). Ministry of Culture (in Spanish).
External Links
- Ramón Masats at IMDb
- Ramón Masats discography at Discogs