The renowned Caldera artist died this Monday in Madrid at the age of 92
Núria Carné, who serves as acting mayor of Caldes de Montbui, has signed a decree to establish an official day of mourning in the municipality for the death of the photographer Ramon Masats Tartera, born in Caldes in 1931. The decree states that this Tuesday On March 5, official activities will be suspended and the flags of the council and public buildings will fly at half-mast. Carné, together with the other councilors, has expressed the condolences and solidarity of the City Council and the residents of the city to the family and friends of the photographer.
One of the highest honors in the town
On December 19, 2023, Ramon Masats Tartera received the Medal of Honor from the town of Caldes, one of the most important recognitions awarded by the municipality. The Municipal Plenum of November 2023 unanimously approved granting this distinction to the photographer, who attended the presentation ceremony accompanied by his family. Masats thanked the tribute and remembered his origins in Calderina, where he lived until the age of 4, when he moved to Barcelona with his parents Aniceto Masats, Maria Tartera and his sister Francina. Caldes remained, however, the meeting place for his extended family, his uncles and cousins, who were the subject of many of his photographs.
A brilliant career in documentary photography and photojournalism
Ramon Masats Tartera stood out as a documentary photographer and photojournalist, with a special ability to capture scenes of everyday life, and reflected the essence of an era marked by social and cultural changes in Spain in the 1950s and 1960s Masats is considered one of the best photographers of his generation and in 2004 he won the National Photography Award, the most prestigious in the national field of this discipline. In 2009, the Museu Thermalia de Caldes dedicated a monographic exhibition to him with a selection of his best photographs.
A donation of books with his photographs
Ramon Masats has recently donated ten books containing the artist’s photographs of different eras, subjects and historical moments. The collection, which can be consulted in the Local Collection section of the Caldes Library, includes own books and books by other authors. This donation is another example of Masats’ bond with his native town and his artistic and cultural legacy.
