Starting Out by Cristobal Hara

After more than five decades behind the camera, Cristóbal Hara, the iconic photographer of everyday life in Spain, looks back on a time when being an aspiring photographer meant embracing freedom, risk, and discovery. From his decision to leave the business world to pursue photography, through his formative years photographing the streets under the dictatorship, to his first international collaborations, this book brings together the images that shaped his practice.

Featuring previously unpublished photographs alongside personal reflections, Hara reveals the origins of his vocation—sparked by Henri Cartier-Bresson and forged in the streets of Francoist Spain—and shows how that spirit of experimentation continued to inform his portraits, urban scenes, travels, and singular projects. More than a visual memoir, this book is an invitation to rediscover the thrill of adventure, the constant pursuit of the unexpected, and the essence of photography as both an artistic practice and a way of life.

Starting Out, Cristóbal Hara. RM, October 2025.

Format: Hardcover

Dimensions: 320 x 225 mm

Pages: 96

Illustrations: 60 colour

Publisher: Editorial RM (with Fundación Juan March / CajaBurgos)

ISBN: 9788410290501

Edition: First edition

Language: English & Spanish