ABOUT PAU
To the casual passerby in London, New York, or Barcelona, Pau Buscató is often just a guy standing suspiciously still on a street corner, hoping for a pigeon to briefly align with a stray beam of bouncing light.
Originally trained in architecture, Pau realized around 2012 that buildings rarely do anything funny, so he shifted his focus entirely to photographing the absurdities happening around them instead.
After many years in Norway, the Barcelona-born photographer returned home to continue his journey into candid, creative (street) photography, seeking out the city's fleeting, unscripted moments.
His work, which aims to encapsulate the playful beauty of everyday life, has earned him international recognition, including features in acclaimed photography festivals, books, and various publications.
Over the past nine years, Pau has also shared his passion through street photography workshops, where his teaching method mirrors his own photographic style: intuitive, exploratory, and deeply personal.
Buscató’s approach is rooted in the art of the unplanned. He steps into the city with no itinerary, allowing its natural pulse to dictate his direction. To him, the absence of a plan is the ultimate strategy, and a way to "give chance a chance" and leave room for poetic accidents.
Marked by a distinctive blend of spontaneity and intention, his photographs show a genuine interest in the overlooked and the undervalued, demonstrating that the simplest subjects, when viewed with curiosity and fresh eyes, can reveal the extraordinary moments hiding in plain sight.
Exhibition:
- FINE ART IGUALADA / MUSEU DE LA PELL: Igualada: Feb - March 2025: more info
- ABECITA POPKONST&FOTO MUSEUM, Borås (Sweden): January - Oct 2025: here
- PHOTO FORMAT, Bordeaux (France): June-July 2019: here
- Italian Street Photo Festival 2019: April 26-28 2019; Rome (Italy): here
- Fotografiens Hus: Sep 6 - Sep 30 2018, Oslo (Norway): here
- Espai de Fotografia Francesc Catala-Roca: June 22 - Sep 22 2018, Barcelona: here
- SpacePlace: Sep.- Oct. 2017, Nizhny Tagil (Russia): here
Group Exhibition:
- INTERKULTURALNOST retrospective, Svilara Cultural Center, 2019 (Serbia): here
- The MSPF finalists exhibition 2019, Miami (US): here & here
- StreetFoto San Francisco: Harvey Milk Photo Center, June 2018 in SF (US): here
- Burn My Eye Exhibition: October 2017 at Muntpunt Gallerie, Brussels (Belgium): here
- BSPF Selected Works Exhibition; April-May 2017; Hotel Bloom in Brussels, Belgium: here
- Photo17: "Directors Choice Series" 6-10 Jan 2017; Maag Hallen in Zürich, Switzerland: here
- Miami Street Photography Festival; Nov.2016-Jan.2017 at HistoryMiami Museum, USA: here
- BSPF2016; Oct.28th - Nov.11th 2016 at Galerie Ravenstein in Brussels, Belgium: here
- StreetFoto San Francisco 2016 finalists Exhibition; June 2016 in San Francisco, USA: here
- "World Street Photography by α" organised by SONY Thailand; May 2016, Bangkok: here
- London Photo Festival: Street Photography exhibition, London (UK) (march-oct 2016) here
- Urban Picnic Street Photography Exhibition; June/July 2014, Saffron Walden, UK: here
- Miami Street Photography Festival Exhibition; Dec 2014 in Miami, USA: here
- EyeEm 2014-15; Berlin, Paris, Tokyo, Miami, Toronto, New York, San Francisco: here
- MIXT No.2: Timorous Beasties; February 2016 at Studio E gallery, Seattle, USA: here
- Greenwich Gallery; "Crowds" Exhibition. March 20th to April 4th 2015, London, UK: here
- Blank Wall Gallery; "Cityscape" Exhibition. June 7th to July 2nd 2015, Athens: here
- Life Framer exhibition in Los Angeles (USA) at the Think Tank Gallery(nov. 2015) here
- MSPF2015: The Street Collective/SPontanea + finalists exhibit (dec. 2015) Miami, USA here
- Juraplatz: Life Framer exhibition at Juraplatz artspace in Biel, Switzerland (dec. 2015) here
Selected Features:
- THE GUARDIAN: "Pipe dreams: Pau Buscató's surreal streets"
- AMERICAN AIRLINES MAGAZINE: "Uncanny Camera": here
- TAK: Theater Liechtenstein Magazine cover photo: here
- IGNANT: "Pau Buscató's Playful Eye": here
- EXPERIMENTA: "..Una vuelta a las raíces": here
- ROSPHOTO: "ВИЗУАЛЬНЫЕ ПАРАДОКСЫ...": here
- MY MODERN MET: "Street Photographer captures...": here
- MAGASINET (Dagbladet): "Hårete gatefotografi": here
- ZE.TT: "So schöne Zufälle..." (german): here
- VICE: "le street photographer de l'absurde" (french): here
- ČILICHILI magazine: May 2018 issue, pages 20 to 23: here
- DE MORGEN newspaper: online and paper feature: here
- PetaPixel: "The Playful Street Photography of..": here
- VICE: "Pau Buscato's Playful Photographs": here
- HUH: "The incredibly clever street photography..": here
- COLOSSAL : "Chance Encounters.. " : here
- Corriere della Sera : "Hopscotch " : here
- LensCulture: "H-O-P-S-C-O-T-C-H" by Pau Buscató: here
- "100 Great Street Photographs" book, by David Gibson. Prestel Publishers: here
- Photo Trend: "Pau Buscató photographie l'ironie du quotidien dans la rue" (in french) here
- XATAKA:"Fotógrafos de calle: 13 fotógrafos españoles a los que seguir la pista" here
- International Street Photographer (ISP) Magazine, 2014 Nov/Dec & 2015 Jan/Feb Issues
- Progresso Fotografico n.38 Issue dedicated to Street Photography (March 2016): here
- Interculturality Magazine n.8 Issue, front & back cover photos and inside pages: here
- Saatchi Art; part of the EyeEm Collection, curated by Rebecca Wilson; here or here
- Life Framer: Featured Photographer in their virtual art space "The Collection"; here
- Rubixephoto: "10 fotógrafos de calle nacionales que vale la pena seguir"; here
- Magasinet; featured in the weekly magazine of national newspaper Dagbladet
- EyeEm; Guest writer with the article "10 tips on Street Photography"; here
- Rubixephoto: "10 consejos de Fotografía de Calle por Pau Buscató"; here
- Eric Kim Blog: "35 Inspirational Photographers to Follow"; here
- StreetShootR : "16 S.P. Cliches That Are Impossible To Resist" ; here
- Street Mojo; "Best current street photographers for inspiration" here
- Street Hunters: most influential street photographers of 2016; here
- Street Photographer Notebook n.8 Issue..."Beach Special"; here
- Xataka : "14 street photographers to get inspiration from"; here
- Soloarteurbano.es: "La mirada de los fotógrafos de calle"; here
- EyeEm Magazine, limited New York edition; here
- Fotografia Magazine; here
- Street Hunters; here
- OldSkull.net; here
- 121 Clicks; here
Interview:
- Musée Magazine (english/2018): read
- Xataka Foto (spanish/2017): read
- Fotopolis (polish/2017): read
- P3 (portuguese/2017): read
- Tackle (2017): read
- Siam Street Nerds (thai/2017): read
- Quitar Fotos (spanish/2017): read
- iN-PUBLiC (2016): read
-Rubixephoto (spanish/2016): read
- Bird in Flight Mag (russian/2016): read
- Gaël por las Calles (spanish/2016): read
- Street&Repeat (2015): read
- Another Street (2015): read
- Photo Art Mag (2014): read
- 121 Clicks (2014): read
Awards & Nominations:
- Finalist: Miami Street Photography Festival international competition (2019)
- 2nd Prize: StreetFoto San Francisco international Street Photography Festival (2018); here
- Finalist: EyeEm Photography Awards, The Street Photographer (2017); here
- 1st Prize: London Photo Festival Street Photography international competition (2016); here
- 2nd Prize: StreetFoto San Francisco international Street Photography Festival (2016); here
- People's Award & Finalist: Miami Street Photography Festival international competition (2016); here
- Honorable Mention: Brussels Street Photography Festival 2016 (International Singles); here
- Finalist: Miami Street Photography Festival international competition (2014); here
- Finalist: Urban Picnic Street Photography international competition (2014); here
- Finalist: Life Framer "Urban Life" & "Love" international competitions (2015); here & here
- 2nd Prize: London Photo Festival Street Photography international competition (2016); here
- 1st Prize: Scandinavian Photo Street Photography competition; (2015); here
- Finalist: Professional Photographer of the Year international competition (2014); here
- Finalist: EyeEm international photo competition / Street Photography (2014); here
Other:
- Guest Speaker: Lisbon Street Photography Festival (2025)
- Guest Speaker & Judging panel: Gothenburg Street Photo Festival (2025)
- Guest Speaker & Judging panel: Pisa Street Photography Festival (2025)
- Judging panel: Istanbul Street Photography Festival 2024
- Judging panel: KAAF PHOTO 2024, Iran, international competition
- Judging panel: Italian Street Photography Festival 2019, international competition
- Judging panel: Miami Street Photography Festival 2018, international competition
- Judging panel: London Street Photography Festival 2017, international competition
- Talk + Competition jurying: Oslo Kamera Klubb (Sep.10, 2018)
- Talk + Photowalk: "Fujifilm dager" at Foto.no (Aug.25, 2018)
- Talk: "Some notes on Street Photography" at Scandinavian Photo Fair (Oct. 21, 2017)
- Talk: "Some notes on Street Photography" at Tønsberg KameraKlubb (2017)
- Workshops: Street Photography Workshops in Barcelona; +info