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PUBLISHING
Photography and Tourism.
Josep Planas i Montanyà
To mark the recent centenary of the birth of the photographer Josep Planas i Montanyà, Casa Planas, with the support of the Barceló Group, is publishing a new edition of the book: ‘Fotografia i Turisme a les Balears. Josep Planas i Montanyà’, originally published in 2005 and now out of print. This project will help to promote the photographer’s work and provide a photographic journey through the history of tourism in the Balearic Islands.
Format: 31×31 cm
Price: 52 € RRP (excluding delivery costs)
Languages: Spanish and English
Change our mindset
Three artist residencies – the Balearic Islands, Catalonia, and Occitania – invite us to (re)think this connection between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean, examining the proximity of the peaks and the sea in a conjunction of time.
Thus opens a dialogue between the raw, primitive, and telluric elements of Cap de Creus, the highly focused temporality of Mallorca’s photographic archives, and the human-scale approach of the rural community of the Vallées des Gaves. This updated interpretation of the landscape becomes a source of creativity and a reminiscence of sensitive values, allowing us to better consider the challenges of the present, beyond the stereotyped and commercial images that often prevent us from understanding it.
Price: 16 €
Languages: Francés y Catalán
Article 10. Tourists, go home
Mass tourism is a problem that affects us on a global scale and, particularly, cities such as Barcelona, which have undergone processes of tertiarization that have redirected the industrial economy towards the service sector, taking advantage of favorable weather conditions. The unregulated expansion of tourism in these contexts is fueling growing discontent among citizens, as evidenced by numerous protests and social movements in recent years calling for a rethinking of this model. Editorial: SANT ANDREU CONTEMPORANI
Price: 5 €
Todo se vende, todo
A project by Juanmi Bauzà as part of his residency at the Planas Archive in 2025. With the support of the Teatre Principal – Performing Arts Residency Programme. Year of publication: 2025
Editorial: Production by Casa Planas – Uncovering Archive Uncovering Archive
Edition: 1st Edition
Format: 15×20 15×20
Limited edition
Price: €50 + VAT
Es una pena que el hormigón
no arda
Based on artistic research conducted as part of the scholarship Desplazamenduak / Desplazamientos #1Raquel Meyers constructs a critical artifact in the form of an expanded essay that removes the rubble of progress to show us the other side of the modern miracle: concrete as a symbol of control, greedy tourism, exclusionary urbanism, and the architecture of oblivion. Es una pena que el hormigón no arda It is a provocation, directed not at the material itself, but at the model that has established it as the foundation of an uninhabitable world. Get it here
Price: 12 €
Language: Euskera y Castellano
Surprise Envelope
Project by Antoni Muntadas as part of his residency at the Planas Archive in 2022.
Publication year: 2024
Editorial: Production by Casa Planas – Uncovering Archive Collection
Edition: 1st Edition
Format: 15×20 postcard
Limited edition: 20 units
Price: 250 € + IVA
Activar
Project by Jorge Blasco Gallardo as part of his residency at the Planas Archive in January 2024.
An exploration of the tacit narratives of the Planas Archive aimed at preparing it for the imminent digitization and standardization that will presumably make those narratives more difficult to read since it is a peculiar archive.
Price: 11 €
Language: Spanish.
Actors in the discourse of places: A polyphonic travel guide
Project by Marenka Krasomil as part of the "Goethe auf Mallorca 2023" programme.
The travel guide as a framework, highlighting a range of points of view and voices to include spaces of dissidence alongside deviations and variations from the norm.
Language: Inglés y Castellano
Price: 25€
Un bolero per l'Arxiduc
A project by Simone within the framework of the “Technological Experiences” programme.
The sonic landscape that emerges from the dispute between what truly belongs (to Mallorca) and that which is projected onto the tourist, tailored to satisfy the nightlife.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan and Spanish
Insel
A project by Arantxa Boyero as part of the “Goethe auf Mallorca 2023” programme.
A re-reading of the travel diary “Die Insel Mallorca”, written by the German doctor and zoologist Hermann Alexander Pagenstecher in 1865, with the intention of reflecting on the romanticisation of the island of Mallorca.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan, Spanish and English.
Retrato de rol
A project by Javier Peñafiel as part of the “Body and Archive” programme.
It establishes a relationship between the objects of the archive that have lost their purpose- i.e. magazines from the era of the democratic transition, vignettes for portraits and random book titles.
Price: 11 €
Language: Spanish.
Memòria litoral
A project by Marina Planas on the memory of Arenal.
This publication gathers the testimonies of a series of residents from Arenal, constructing the narrative of the territory through their experiences and memories and in this way documenting its identity.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan.
Rostres Nòmades
An international project born out of the collaboration of three territories (Granollers, Calce, and Palma), exploring the concept of identity with a specific focus on the face.
This publication includes material from the short film "Experimento L. .AURA" by Fernando Colin: an examination of self-representation, archives, and the impact of technology, which has turned the face itself into a tool for control and recognition.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan, Spanish and French.
¿Hay otra igual o muy similar?
Project by Rosana Monteverde as part of the "Photography and Maternities 2023" programme.
Photo-book on outsourced motherhood and home care, contrasting the Planas Archive with the Julia Margarita Vargas Salas Archive.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan and Spanish
Donkey Business
Sibylle Feucht's project forms part of the "Goethe auf Mallorca 2022" programme.
A publication featuring a selection of images from the Planas Archive depicting donkeys used in rural and touristic contexts. It includes an essay on capitalism, identity, and etymology.
Price: 11 €
Language: English and Spanish
Women Creating Landscape
Proyecto de investigación de Empar Isabel Bosch Sans en el Planas Archive en el marco del programa “Paisatges expandits”. Esta publicación recoge testimonios de mujeres rurales reales acompañados de la imagen turística de la payesa. Un icono del turismo en las Islas Baleares.
Un estudio del papel de las mujeres en la construcción del paisaje turístico balear.
Edited by: the Serra de Tramuntana Consortium and Casa Planas
Price: 11 €
Language: English and Spanish
El Terreno. A Rose is a rose.
A publication on the myth of the neighbourhood El Terreno in Palma.
An investigation carried out by Eduard Moyà and Pere Lacomba, with the support of the Camper Foundation, the City Council of Palma, and the Council of Mallorca.
Price: 16 €
Language: Catalan, Spanish and English.
ES FORTÍ where the history of
Mallorca was revealed
A publication on the history of the neighbourhood Es Fortí in Palma and its role in the history of tourism. An introduction to Palma's industrial heritage and the role of Josep Planas i Montanyà. Texts by Maria Josep Mulet and interviews with former workers.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan.
Innocence of landscape_Postcards
VS Instagram
A publication by the German artists Stefanie Unruh and Lilly Lulay as part of the "Goethe auf Mallorca 2021" programme. With the support of the Goethe-Institut.
Price: 11 €
Language: German and Catalan.
Envíame la foto
A publication about Gadea Burgaz's project within the framework of the "Expanded Landscapes 2022" programme.
Price: 11 €
Language: Catalan, Spanish and French.
Management of the reserved rights of the Planas Archive Photographs
The Casa Planas Foundation is responsible for the exclusive management of the rights to the Planas Archive Photographic Collection. Requests for photographs, videos, objects or information from the Casa Planas Archive Photographic Collection may be made for personal, academic, publication, exhibition or commercial purposes.
Consultations at the Planas Archive can only be carried out in person at the Foundation’s headquarters. A fee of €50 plus VAT per day applies to consultations to help cover the costs of preserving the Archive. To request information, rights and prices, write to: archivo@casaplanas.org
Consequently, anyone wishing to exercise any of these rights must first apply for the relevant authorisation (archivo@casaplanas.orgnext to this form (link). Failure to do so will be considered a breach of the Copyright Act and may result in legal action.
– In all cases, each application incurs a minimum charge of €300 plus VAT.
– The authorised material must be used exclusively for the purpose for which it was requested and approved.
– Likewise, it will be mandatory to correctly cite the source of the material. ©Planas Archive. All rights reserved must be included alongside the image.
