Xavier Miserachs
Catalan photographer
Died when: 61 years 33 days (733 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Xavier Miserachs i Ribalta (Catalan pronunciation: [??ßi'e miz?'?agz i ri'ßalt?];July 12, 1937 – August 14, 1998) was a Spanish photographer.He studied medicine at the University of Barcelona, but left school to be a photographer.
He exhibited his work in Barcelona from 1956.His work is reminiscent of neorealism and is representative of the years of Spanish economic recovery, 1950–1960.
His photographs show him as a creator of a new image of the city and its people.In 1998 he received the Creu de Sant Jordi of the Catalan government.
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