Manel Armengol started off in the field of photography and photojournalism in the seventies. In 1977 he was awarded the Best Press Photography Prize for his images of the demonstrations in Barcelona in 1976, which were published around the world and showed one of the most representative moments in the political transition in Spain. From 1980 to 1987 he focused almost exclusively on photographing the architecture and atmosphere of Catalan modernism. He has held thematic exhibitions on natural elements such as fire, water, earth and wood.