Esta foto pertenece al Archivo de la Dirección General de Turismo. Estas fotos recogen tanto pueblos, como monumentos, como gente en el presente caso.
En esta foto vemos a unos paisanos de la zona montañosa de León
que, para sus labores, utilizan un mulo dado lo escarpado del terrreno.
Como es típico en zonas de montaña van abrigados, a pesar de que hace
sol, e incluso uno de ellos lleva el paraguas . Este paraguas sirve tanto para protegerse de la lluvia como del sol.
Fotografía antigua pescando en las montañas de León
El fotógrafo Nuño realizó fotografías para el Archivo de la D. G. De Turismo centradas en la provincia de León.
Fernando Nuño, fotógrafo, tenía su estudio en la calle Princesa 1 de Madrid.
Destacar que en 1962 Fernando Nuño realizó una exposición en el Ateneo de Madrid cuyo tema era los pintores abstractos y su pintura, todo un atrevimiento para la época "captando la realidad del estudio". ( representados Canogar, Feito, Millares, Zóbel con su obra trabajando en sus estudios).
Cuenca celebra los 40 años de la colección de Zóbel en las Casas Colgadas
.....La fotografía de Fernando Nuño figura en la exposición documental La ciudad abstracta. 1966, el nacimiento del Museo de Arte Abstracto Español,
inaugurada ayer en las salas temporales del museo para conmemorar el
40º aniversario de la creación de un museo unido a la ciudad de Cuenca,
donde llegó a vivir una docena de artistas de nombre internacional, y al
conocimiento del arte actual.......
Fernando Zóbel rodeado de artistas galeristas y
coleccionistas en la inauguración del Museo de Arte Abstracto de las
casas colgadas Cuenca. Coleccion Juan March : Foto Fernado Nuño
ZÓBEL Y LA GENERACIÓN EN TORNO AL MUSEO . La ciudad abstracta
- CASAS COLGADAS. MUSEO. CUENCA.
Catalogo.Madrid. Imp. Altamira. 1966. año de la fundación del museo. 22x17 cm.
texto en español e ingles, s/p. (unas 140 págs.) la gran mayoría de
fotografías de cuadros, realizadas por Fernando Nuño en b/n.
Fotos suyas se pueden ver en la Fundación Teléfonica-Archivo Fotógrafico.
Foto antigua Puente en río en montaña de León.
Fotos de la Direccion General de Turismo disponibles en la web mediante Google Earth
........El
Patronato Nacional de Turismo se crea en 1928, como sucesor de la
Comisión Nacional de Turismo (1905-1911) y de la Regia Comisaría de
Turismo (1911-1928). Su propósito fue la formación y divulgación de
itinerarios de viajes y la publicación y difusión de guías en varios
idiomas, todo ello destinado a turistas extranjeros de élite, a fin de
facilitar el turismo y obtener divisas, además de la conservación de la
riqueza artística, monumental y pintoresca de España..............
...........La
Serie Patronato Nacional de Turismo engloba un importante volumen de
fotografías y otra documentación gráfica: carteles de información de
actividades, folletos informativos, etc. En total, 344 cajas, que
incluyen 80.975 fotografías, 49 sobres de índices fotográficos y 7
álbumes.
La fracción más antigua de la serie, denominada Catálogo Monumental de España,
se realizó entre los años 1928, fecha de creación del Patronato, y
1936, momento en que las actividades de promoción del turismo quedan
interrumpidas por la Guerra Civil. Este catálogo se compone de 3.861
fotografías de diferentes lugares y tema vario, pero siempre relacionado
con la actividad turística............
Vintage photography Leon Spain
In
1928 King Alfonso XIII created the National Tourism Board "Patronato
Nacional de Turismo" (remember that tourism hotels are created in 1926)
with the primary purpose of making known to all travelers Spain towns
and monuments
Its predecessor was the National Commission of Tourism was created in 1905 by the Count of Romanones. Remember
also, as background, that Spain was popular throughout Europe in the
nineteenth century to be covered and inspiring travelers notables such
as Manet, Teofilo Gautier or Washington Irving.
Photographs
of the Directorate General of Tourism Board before, were a commission
that became the leading photographers of each region at that time.
These
photographs of the Directorate General of Tourism were to be used as
the image of Spain in books and posters throughout the Spanish
territory and all the tourist events that began to perform in the
second half of the twentieth century.
These
photos of Spain include both monuments as people with special
emphasis on country work and the sea labours when they were being
replaced by more modern industrial processes.
The general size of these photographs of the Directorate General of Tourism is 18x24 cm or 20x26 cm. They
are usually stapled to a card which states the place, date and
photographer who does it, sometimes even include some sort of comment.
These
photographs of the Directorate General of Tourism as I used for the
promotion of Spain and therefore may have been used for both posters to
books to be supplied directly to individuals or institutions.
Some of the noted photographers who made these pictures of the Directorate General of Tourism are:
- * Photographer Mateo with pictures of Malaga
- * Kindel ( Joaquin del Palacio) with pictures of Madrid and Ibiza,
- *Arranz with pictures of Granada (Pampaneira for example)
- * Lladó with photos of Ceuta and Morocco
- * Rafael Romero Urbistondo with pictures of Madrid
- * Ruiz bar with photographs of La Alberca,
- * Verdugo photographs of Andalucia (Vejer de la Frontera)
- * E. De la Vega with pictures of Lerida,
- * Virgilio Muro with the typical landscape ( molinos de viento) of La Mancha,
- * Ksado with its famous photograph of the Rua del Villar Santiago de Compostela,
- * Garrabella was also editor of postcards also worked as a photographer for the D. G. Tourism
I note especially two great photographers taking photographs for the Directorate General of Tourism: Catalá Roca, Ortiz Echagüe.
Noted,
finally, that his tourist status does not remove the quality of the
artwork of the photos, and ethnographic character and crafts people
today no longer has not been sufficiently studied.
Perhaps
this is due to the image we have of these photos as "Official Spain"
makes us ignore its value, simply, artistic, and coincide in time with
the early work of foreign photographers showed another image of Spain from 1950 (remember the story of E. Smith for Life magazine)
Archive of the Directorate General of Tourism is located in Alcalá de Henares in the Archives of the Administration.
Spanish vintage photograps in the Internet web of the Ministry of Culture
With Google Earth many of the photographs of the Direccion General de Turismo can be seen in internet
Link to Spanish Ministry of Culture
Monumental catalog of Spain in Google Earth
The
National Tourism Board was created in 1928 as successor to the
National Tourism Commission (1905-1911) and the Royal Commissioner of
Tourism (1911-1928). Its
purpose was the training and dissemination of travel itineraries and
the publication and distribution of guides in several languages, all
aimed at elite foreign tourists, to facilitate tourism and earn foreign
exchange, in addition to conserving the rich artistic monumental and picturesque area of Spain. In
these functions, as defined by their predecessors, says the study
means for the implementation of tourism schools for the training of
personnel, establishment of information centers abroad and resorts in
Spain, acting in collaboration with all organizations that contribute to the promotion of tourism.
The
National Tourism Board Series encompasses a large volume of
photographs and other graphic material: posters of information about
activities, brochures, etc.. In total, 344 cases, including 80,975 photographs, 49 envelopes and photo index 7 albums.
The
oldest portion of the series, called Monumental catalog of Spain, was
conducted between 1928, date of creation of the Board, and 1936, when
the tourism promotion activities are interrupted by the Civil War. This catalog consists of 3,861 photographs of different places and varied subject, but always related to tourism.
Geographical
nature of Monumental catalog of Spain, makes this series ideal for a
group show through Google Earth, enabling rapid searching, intuitive and
visually attractive to the user.
To view images Monumental Catalog of Spain you'll need the Google Earth application.
