Gabriel Brau Gelabert began working as a professional photographer in the field of advertising. In about 1976, his work was recognized particularly for his documentary photography and use of black and white, and for his spectacular mastery of light. Seeking the expression of life, his photographs capture, through a personal and respectful approach, daily life in places he has visited on his travels, especially in Africa, where he attempts to find the essence of human values in more primitive realities and reflects on how our society, oversaturated as it is with information and capitalist models of consumerism, has been losing such values as time goes by.