El cristal entre nosotros. Retratos de lo íntimo

A photographic exhibition by the Grup de Fotografia Ulldepeix on glass as a boundary between looking and touching, with images taken behind windows, reflections and fogged surfaces in the urban setting of Barcelona.

The show brings together a series of photographs taken by the collective Ulldepeix around the idea of glass as a boundary: a transparent surface that allows us to see but prevents contact. The works capture everyday scenes observed through urban panes of glass, such as the windows of a bus, the shop window of a café or the light of a dwelling, and suggest stories unfolding on the other side.

The route through the Sala d'Exposicions Jaume Valor relies on specific visual devices: reflections, rain and condensation on the glass. Blur and water droplets are used as expressive elements, so that the image becomes in part a mirror of the author's gaze and in part a window onto other people's lives. The approach revisits the photographer John Szarkowski's reflection on photography as window and mirror.

The project is aimed at photography enthusiasts and at visitors interested in the documentary gaze and in the construction of the image. It is a proposal of unhurried contemplation, in which each photograph invites the viewer to imagine the narrative that is not shown.