I’m a photographer from Barcelona, currently based in Norway. After studying and working in the architecture field for many years, I finally quit my job to focus on photography. For the past 9 years I’ve been photographing in different cities around the world, always with a small camera in my hand, trying to make some sense of the chaos in the streets. I’m a member of the iN-PUBLiC street photography collective.
Nothing feels better than hitting the streets in the morning knowing I have all day ahead of me to photograph freely in the city. No plans, no predefined pictures, no route; just walk and walk and see and react, and walk and see and react, again and again, letting the photos guide me through the streets: I see something left, I go left. I see something right, I go right. It’s an instinctive process that keeps me focused in the moment, and more often than not, walking in circles.
I’m not a documentarist trying to describe things. Photography is basically a game for me and I think that’s the best way to describe it: I play Street Photography, and the city, its people, its signs, a shadow, a tree or some trash… anything can make for a good subject if seen with the right eyes.
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Solo Exhibition:
– 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
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Group Exhibition:
– INTERKULTURALNOST retrospective, Svilara Cultural Center, 2019 (Serbia): here
– The MSPF finalists exhibition 2019, Miami (US): 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 & 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
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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
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Prize:
– 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
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Selected Features:
– 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
– “Fotógrafos de calle: 13 fotógrafos españoles a los que seguir la pista” Xataka: 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
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Other:
– 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
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