The MontPhoto Archive was created to preserve, process, describe and disseminate a growing photographic heritage focused on international nature photography.
The initial idea is to preserve the environmental and creative graphic memory of professional photographers, photojournalists, publishers and amateurs.
Photographs are documents that record events, species, spaces and happenings, becoming visual witnesses of a specific time. This helps reconstruct history and pass on collective memory to future generations.
MontPhoto archive photographs hold great informative value, as they allow us to study and understand specific aspects of the environment, the evolution of awareness towards nature, and the most pressing environmental concerns.
We must also highlight the creative value of photography as a means to express artistic visions and original perspectives on reality, contributing a visual heritage that can inspire new cultural or artistic projects.
The archive aims to showcase the photographs through exhibitions, publications, and other activities.
We preserve a wide range of photographic documents, primarily in digital format.
The main subjects of these photographs are nature and mountains, ranging from the most artistic to the most documentary approach.
The most prominent collection is from the MontPhoto contest, which since 1997 has provided the greatest diversity and richness of photographic work on this subject internationally, in both Catalonia and Spain.
Managing a photographic collection involves organizing, classifying, cataloguing and conserving it, ensuring the physical integrity and proper identification of the images.
This helps preserve photographic heritage against deterioration or loss, and ensures accessibility, both internal and external, through digitization and the use of information technologies.
A valuable photographic archive reinforces the identity of the organization, highlighting its trajectory, values and contributions to society. Moreover, it encourages citizen participation and helps create bonds between generations, consolidating the organization's role as a cultural and social reference.
