"Barcelona, retrats de proximitat" (Multistudio Books, 2023) are photographs and texts by Toni Ricart, portraits of Catalan cultural figures and a short written profile.
Toni Ricart, like all good photographers, not only takes technically perfect portraits, but also knows how to bring out an attitude in his subjects. The gazes of those portrayed by Ricart are direct, expressive, sympathetic or surly, but determined: they always look at the camera. Always. This implies a previous work by the photographer that we do not imagine, a preparation of the photographed, an approach. A more complex work than many techniques.