Photographer Manel Esclusa lays out for us a powerful yet subtle narrative in black and white through 140 pictures, in this faithfully executed joint edition by Novaera Publications and Barcelona City Hall.

Esclusa shows that he is the photographer of the night and of the city, of lights and of nebulous presences. The photographs, taken between 1980 and 2010, explore and reveal unknown aspects of Barcelona's emblematic landmarks, as well as other spaces that are, by virtue of the artist´s particular vision, less readily identified.

Author Rafael Argullol contributes the introduction, complemented by two poems from Joan Vinyoli, that speak of the night and darkness.