Oriol Maspons Spanish, 1928-2013
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Coral, Ibiza, c 1985 -
Miss Ku #2, Privilege, Ibiza, c 1985
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Mondays at Pacha, c 1985
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The Pink Panther, Playa Den Bossa, Ibiza, c 1982
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A Hippy Wedding, Ibiza, c 1975
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Animal Farm Night at Charly Max, Marina Botafoch, Ibiza, c 1975
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Es Cavallet, Ibiza, c 1975
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Hidden Cala in Es Cavallet, Ses Salines, Ibiza, c 1975
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Ku (Part I), Privilege, Ibiza, c 1975
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Left or Right (Black and White), Ses Salines, Ibiza, C 1975
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Miss Ku #1 Privilege, Ibiza, c 1975
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Mondays at Amnesia, c 1975
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Monjas, Ibiza Town, c 1975
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Morning Glory, Es Cavallet, Ibiza, c 1975
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Nudisimo "No" (Part I) Eva Lyberten, Ibiza, c 1975
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Nudisimo "No" (Part II) Eva Lyberten, Ibiza, c 1975
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Pacha Terrace, Ibiza, c 1975
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Sa Trinxa, Ibiza, c 1975
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Singing and Dancing in Salt (Part I), Ses Salines, Ibiza, c 1975
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Tanga Jannes, Ses Salines, Ibiza, c 1975
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The Gays at Pacha , C 1975
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The Montesol Hotel, Vara de Rey, c 1975
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Dos Señores, Ibiza Town, c 1957
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Formentera (Part I), c 1957
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Girl in Doorway, Dalt Vila, Ibiza, c 1957
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The First Bikini, Monique Koller, Ibiza, c 1957
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Jan and Baby Zoltan, 1978
'I don't use digital cameras and I never have. Like they say, if it's not broken, don't fix it. Analog cameras have always worked well for me. Basically, I am disconnected with this new technology because it came late in my life. The only digital camera I owned, my son took from me (laughs)"
- Oriol Maspons
Agony + Ecstasy Gallery are proud to present the unseen archive of Oriol Maspons who is celebrated as one of the most influential photojournalists of his time. Specifically his documentation of the island of Ibiza between the 1950s and 1980s was pivotal in its representation of hedonism and trangression of freedom.
The discovery of this archive subsequently led to the production of Oriol Maspons Ibiza published by IDEA in 2024. Receiving critical acclaim from The Guardian Newspaper, DAZED Magazine, Diario de Ibiza, LÓfficiel, Harpers Baazar France, PERFECT Magazine and Vogue France.
“Maspons forgotten archive is a wondrous treasure trove of the golden years of Ibiza's precious and magical beginnings. Each photo is a synonymous love affair between Oriol, his subjects and Ibiza. It was back in 2023 when I met Oriol's son Alex Maspons, who, in his early 50s was the sole propietor of his fathers catalogues and introduced me to the dusty negatives his father had left behind before his passing in Barcelona. Equipped a lightbox and a handful of negs, I witnessed a visual magic unearthing before my eyes. Perfectly bodied models being splashed with milk onto their bushy vaginas during a choregraphed ceremonial 'hippy wedding'. These photographs were, by any means, a dream for any emerging gallerist."
- Emma Salahi, Founder of Agony + Ecstasy Gallery
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Ibiza : les plus belles photos d'Oriol Maspons réunies en un beau livre
VOGUE FRANCE, July 28, 2025 -
Why Ibiza is having a fashion moment once again
CNN STYLE, August 9, 2024 -
Introducing the third print edition of L'OFFICIEL IBIZA
L'OFFICIEL ONLINE, June 26, 2024 -
ORIOL MASPONS - Or the Ibiza we don’t want to forget
STORIES MAGAZINE, May 1, 2024 -
La Eivissa libre de Oriol Maspons
DARIO DE IBIZA, April 29, 2024 -
ENTREVISTA A EMMA SALAHI/FUNDADORA DE LA GALERÍA AGONY + ECSTASY
LA VOZ DE IBIZA, April 25, 2024 -
ORIOL MASPONS IBIZA: Idea’s new book with Emma Salahi and Alex Maspons
DAZED DIGITAL, April 20, 2024 -
Party with an 8ft pink panther! Ibiza in the 70s and 80s – in pictures
THE GUARDIAN ONLINE, April 18, 2024 -
Las fotografías más icónicas de la Ibiza de Oriol Maspons, reunidas en un libro de lujo
NOUDIARI ONLINE, April 2, 2024 -
Picture perfect: the reissued Ibiza archive of Oriol Maspons
L'OFFICIEL IBIZA DIGITAL, February 11, 2023
Solo Shows
2024: Coral, la fotografía más íntima de Oriol Maspons, FotoFest, Palo Alto, Barcelona
2022: “Visca el pop” – Galerie Anne Clergue
2022: “Diaries” – Galerie Anne Clergue
2022: “Toros and toreros” – Galerie Anne Clergue
2021: Oriol Maspons. Cadaqués” – Festival internacional de fotografía InCadaqués
2021: “El primer viatge” – Sa Nostra Sala, Eivissa
2020 - 2021: “Barcelona memòria fotogràfica”. Immersive Exhibition inmersiva – Museu Ideal
2019 – 2020: “1949–1995. Oriol Maspons. La fotografía útil”, Museu Nacional d’Art de
Catalunya (MNAC), Barcelona — first major retrospective covering 40+ years of reportage,
fashion, portraiture, and advertising
2024 (Nov–Dec): Coral, la fotografía más íntima de Oriol Maspons, FotoFest Poblenou, Palo
Alto gallery, Barcelona
2021: “Oriol Maspons. Cadaqués”, InCadaqués International Photography Festival, Cadaqués
fundacionpsv.org
2021: “El primer viatge”, Sa Nostra Sala, Ibiza
2024: CAN Art Fair, Ibiza, Agony + Ecstasy Gallery
Group Shows
1957: “The Family of Man” Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris. Català-Roca.
1957 – 1958: AFAL, Almería, Barcelona, Sociedad Fotográfica, Madrid
1959: “Maspons + Ubiña” Sala Aixelà, Barcelona
1962: “11 Spanish Photographers in Paris,” Sala Aixelà (Barcelona)
1988: Barcelona Metròpolis: Una Realitat, Quatre Fotògrafs
2018 – 2019: “Una aproximación a AFAL”, Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, PhotoEspaña
2015 – 2016: “Distinció. Un segle de fotografia de moda”, Museu del Disseny, Barcelona
2022: Exhibitions “Visca el pop,” “Diaries,” and “Toros y toreros” at Galerie Anne Clergue
(Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
Awards
2006: Awarded the prestigious Creu de Sant Jordi by the Generalitat of Catalonia for his
contribution to Catalan culture and photography
2010: Received the Premio Honorífico de Fotografía Ciutat de Lleida at the Lleida International
Photography and Visual Arts Festival
Books
2024/25: Oriol Maspons Ibiza, IDEA (Produced by Emma Salahi)
2006: Oriol Maspons: The Private Collection
1995: Personajes de compañía