Chino – Barcelona


  • Photographer
    Jukka Male
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Jukka Male Oy
  • Date of Photograph
    1991 – 2010
  • Technical Info
    B&W and clour pictures

Chino is a barrio in the very center of Barcelona. These pictures are all taken on a short piece of the street called Carrer de Sant Ramon. I have visited this for almost 20 years now. Still very interesting.

Story

I first came to Barcelona almost twenty years ago. I did not encounter Catalonia or any of the nationalist passions I had anticipated. After roaming around for a while, I found an open space in the center of the city, created by the demolition of a whole quarter of buildings.

Stone pillars joined the sides of this packed dirt square to the rest of the city. It was like a small town plaza in the middle of a metropolis. It provided a good space for hanging out and for all kinds of encounters.

All the frequenters of the square were more interested in themselves, in their own livelihoods, than in the independence or coexistence of diverse cultures. The population of this part of town had been brought here by drugs, prostitution, and the most severe of crimes: poverty. I had entered Chino, the basement of society.

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