The first two series of photographs were taken in February 1999 while I was staying in Sabadell, a town close to Barcelona, Spain. The film I used was Ilford XP2 400, the camera, my EOS 500 N "light travel kit" with a Sigma 28-200 zoom, which has given me quite satisfactory results. No flash has been used. The third series whas shot in May 99. The film was Kodak T Cn-400, the camera the T-90 with FD 35-70 3.5 & 70-210 4.0 lenses. The fourth series was taken on September 4th, during the Fiesta Mayor, when the castellers from Sabadell, Terrassa, Martorell and Rubí were invited to perform in front of the Ajuntament. The camera was the T-90, the lens the 35-70 and the film a Fuji NPH 400. The fifth series was taken in November 1999 with an Eos 50E with a Sigma 28-200 Zoom attached on it. The film was an Agfa Optima II 200 Asa. The last series was shot in July 2000.
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Comments…All those pictures were taken the same day, quite quickly in the same part of the city. Sabadell, in my opinion is a city of contrasts: from the modern buildings of the Eix Macià to the streets where the photos were taken it doesn't even take ten minutes… Just walk down the Ronda de Ponent… Of course, I preferred hunting for pictures in the old industrial centre of the town rather than being impressed by the threatening and frightening office buildings. Sabadell has been a main focus of spanish textile manufacturing since the XIIIth century.

Traducción para mis amigos hispanohablantes... Todas estas fotos se sacaron el mismo día, en pocas horas y en el mismo barrio de la ciudad. Pienso que Sabadell es una ciudad de contrastes: para ir de los edificios modernos del Eix Macià a las calles donde hice estas fotos, ni siquiera hace falta andar diez minutos… Basta con bajar por Ronda de Ponent… Desde luego, he preferido sacar fotos en la vieja parte industrial de la ciudad. En el fondo, no me gustan mucho los edificios modernos, con sus fachadas deslumbrantes y sus aires amenazadores. Sabadell ha sido uno de los principales centros de la producción textil española desde el siglo XIII.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first two pictures show part of the Eix Macià, the third is the tower of the "Caixa de Sabadell" building.  

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