Signed, Ricardo Cases - Paloma al Aire - 2024
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Description from the seller
With Paloma al Aire, Ricardo Cases transforms his camera into a unique Spanish pigeon racing tradition known as columbicultura. It's a sport where the birds are painted in extravagant colors and given evocative names. The colors painted on the wings and bodies of the birds can indicate the regions their owners come from or reflect their own personal choices; the names are also personal—Oro del Ring, Aplausos, Éxtasis, Coloso, Nucleo—symbolizing the hopes and dreams of their owners and clients.This series examines play as a symbolic act, a projection, and a way of relating to the world. A group of men running through the fields after their male pigeons, observing their mating rituals, discussing the rules and referees... It is the ethnographic documentation of the rituals of remote tribes or of a group of children inventing a game as they discover the world.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
With Paloma al Aire, Ricardo Cases transforms his camera into a unique Spanish pigeon racing tradition known as columbicultura. It's a sport where the birds are painted in extravagant colors and given evocative names. The colors painted on the wings and bodies of the birds can indicate the regions their owners come from or reflect their own personal choices; the names are also personal—Oro del Ring, Aplausos, Éxtasis, Coloso, Nucleo—symbolizing the hopes and dreams of their owners and clients.This series examines play as a symbolic act, a projection, and a way of relating to the world. A group of men running through the fields after their male pigeons, observing their mating rituals, discussing the rules and referees... It is the ethnographic documentation of the rituals of remote tribes or of a group of children inventing a game as they discover the world.
Seller's Story
Dartbooks is a specialized photography bookshop based in Barcelona, dedicated to photobooks, rare and out-of-print editions, and historically significant publications. With a strong focus on Japanese photography, Dartbooks was founded to provide continuity to a field that requires depth, expertise, and careful curation.
The bookshop was established after the closure of Kowasa, a landmark reference for photography books in Spain. Its disappearance left a clear gap for photographers, collectors, and institutions in need of a space with a serious and knowledgeable approach to the photobook. Dartbooks emerged in response to that need, not as a replacement, but as part of the natural evolution of a cultural ecosystem.
Dartbooks operates with a curatorial mindset, shaped by long-term engagement with photography and book collecting. The project functions as a book hunting platform for collectors, professionals, and libraries worldwide, and also provides advisory support to other bookshops seeking to develop coherent and specialized photography collections.
The catalogue includes new publications, rare and out-of-print titles, monographs, retrospectives, self-published works, signed copies, and editions produced directly by photographers through their own imprints. The selection reflects a sustained commitment to photography as a form of visual narration, where images construct meaning beyond text.
Although rooted in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona, Dartbooks serves an international audience. Its community includes collectors, professionals, and institutions from France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and beyond, both through the physical space and the online platform.
Dartbooks understands the photobook not merely as an object of consumption, but as a cultural artifact that documents artistic practices, historical contexts, and personal visions. The bookshop functions simultaneously as a place of discovery, an archive in constant growth, and a point of connection between photographers, publishers, and readers.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Photography
Book title
Paloma al Aire
Author/ Illustrator
Signed, Ricardo Cases
Condition
As new
Publication year oldest item
2024
Height
21.5 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
16 cm
Language
Spanish
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Self-Published
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Signed by author
Number of pages
75
