Perfect Day — Txema Salvans, 2020

A sun-bleached study of leisure under pressure. Shot along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, this work observes holidaymakers suspended between highways, construction sites and improvised beaches. Salvans frames these scenes with frontal clarity and dry precision, exposing how pleasure persists inside landscapes shaped by speculation and transit. The sea often disappears; concrete, barriers and infrastructure take its place. Beneath the humour lies a sharp portrait of contemporary Spain, where desire, resilience and absurdity quietly coexist.

Technical Sheet
Title: Perfect Day
Artist / Author: Txema Salvans
Date: 2020
Medium / Materials: Embossed hardcover book
Dimensions (cm): 28 × 27.5
Pages: 144
Language: English
Publisher / Editor: MACK
ISBN: 978-1-913339-68-6