The catalog is an excellent document when it comes to reviewing and highlighting the importance of these photographic collections to know not only the history of photography, but also to recognize private photography as a valuable object to document our past.

The main objective of this catalog is to show the characteristics of the photographic collection that Ramón Mascort Amigó (Barcelona, ​​October 19, 1930) has collected throughout his life and which not only constitutes the Mascort family photographic collection, but also integrates images of members of other families related to it. Given the chronological breadth of the collection, the catalog has been limited to images that span from 1860 to 1960, a whole century that largely summarizes the important historical evolution of photography, from fields as diverse as the historical, the technical and the thematic. , and its role in society.

The catalog includes an introductory study that shows the informative potential that this collection offers us from different points of view, both from the material sphere itself and its state of preservation, as well as from the physical characteristics and photographic procedures used. The study presents the gradual incorporation of photography into the domestic environment and its uses, information on the national and international photographers on display, and the role of photography within the social sphere of the moment. The aspect of photography is also highlighted as a document and testimony of our closest history from a sociological aspect that documents local traditions and festivities, and urban landscapes and the Baix Empordà region, as well as trades, hobbies and activities. customs of some of the generations represented.