Ramón Masats

Ramón Masats
Masats in 2013
Born
Ramón Masats Tartera

(1931-03-17)17 March 1931
Caldes de Montbui, Spain
Died4 March 2024(2024-03-04) (aged 92)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpain
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

References

  1. ^ "Ramon Masats i Tartera". Enciclopedia.cat (in Catalan).
  2. ^ "Muere el fotógrafo Ramon Masats a los 92 años". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 4 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Ramón Masats" (PDF). Ministry of Culture (in Spanish).