(en) View of Gijon. Asturias. Spain 1931.
Joaquin Garcia Cuesta from Gijón is a photographer who travels, preferably, this city, but that its activity extends throughout Asturias.His works are part of numerous publications on this region as in the book of Juan Antonio Cabezas "Asturias, Biography of a region". This photograph is reproduced in the book of Francisco Crabifosse on the History of Photography in Gijon.Pictorialist style photograph is dated 1931 and includes a view of Gijón from Providence with three trees in the foreground to accentuate the feeling of remoteness from the city.Joaquín García Cuesta fue uno de los primeros fotógrafos asturianos dedicados al paisaje y a la denominada «fotografía turística». García Cuesta fotografió la montaña y el medio rural, sobre todo del centro y oriente de Asturias, de donde era él, nacido en Cangas de Onís, y su mujer, que era de Carrandi (Colunga), en las faldas de la sierra del Sueve. Gijón y su concejo también fueron el centro de sus intereses. Fotografió las calles de la ciudad de Gijón, sus plazas, el Muro, la playa, el puerto, de día y de noche, y también desde la distancia, buscando vistas generales de la ciudad desde las montañas próximas. Por último, también realizó fotografías artísticas, especialmente bodegones
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Guide to the Photo Library of Asturias. García Cuesta Fund
Joaquín García Cuesta was one of the first Asturian landscape and photographers dedicated to the so-called "tourist photography '. García Cuesta photographed mountain and rural areas, especially in central and eastern Asturias, where he was born in Cangas de Onis, and his wife, who was Carrandi (Colunga), in the foothills of the Sierra del Sueve . Gijón and his council were also the center of his interests. He photographed the streets of the city of Gijón, squares, the Wall, the beach, the harbor, day and night, and also from a distance, seeking general views of the city from the nearby mountains. Finally, we also performed artistic photographs, especially still lifes
Joaquín García Cuesta was one of the first Asturian landscape and photographers dedicated to the so-called "tourist photography '. García Cuesta photographed mountain and rural areas, especially in central and eastern Asturias, where he was born in Cangas de Onis, and his wife, who was Carrandi (Colunga), in the foothills of the Sierra del Sueve . Gijón and his council were also the center of his interests. He photographed the streets of the city of Gijón, squares, the Wall, the beach, the harbor, day and night, and also from a distance, seeking general views of the city from the nearby mountains. Finally, we also performed artistic photographs, especially still lifes