Three million windows into history. That’s the estimate for the number of visual records within the walls of Casa Planas, the astonishing photographic archive of Mallorca’s social history from the 1950 to the 2010’s. On a guided tour May 20, fifteen ASM members viewed photographs, negatives and postcards produced by the company founded by Josep Planas i Montanyà in 1940. They comprise an eye-opening history of social and political life and physical changes in Mallorca from the Franco years to the maturation of the island's tourism-based economy. As the major photography company on...
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