Background
Joaquim Pla Janini was born on March 13, 1879 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Joaquim Pla Janini was born on March 13, 1879 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.
Joaquim Pla Janini studied medicine in the Philippines at the University of Santo Tomás and in Spain at the University of Barcelona, graduating in 1903.
Joaquim Pla Janini began to photograph when he was fourteen. He was co-founder, in 1923, and several times president of the Agrupado Fotográfica de Catalunya (Barcelona).
He died on February 11, 1970 in Barcelona, Spain.