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Tobal Esbert
PhotographerAlaior, Menorca1945
His work focuses on Menorca — its light, its sea, its harbours and its villages — and, in recent years, has placed it in dialogue with the written word.
- 1945Born in Alaior
- 475Photographs in the museum
- 4Collections
- 2025Latest exhibition
Biography
A glance
from Alaior
Tobal Esbert was born in Alaior, Menorca, in 1945. His photographs capture scenes from across the island: sunrises and sunsets, the port of Maó throughout the year, the coastline, lighthouses and villages.
His work combines intense colour with black and white. Some of his images are noted for their rich colour palette; others for the contrast between light and shadow.
In recent years, he has taken photography into a dialogue with the written word: in Poetycum (2022), alongside Damià Coll, and in The meaning of words (2025), both at the Convent of Sant Diego in Alaior, the image and the text complement one another.
This digital museum, part of Kairoi Art, brings together his work in four collections so that you can explore it from anywhere.
‘Photography becomes words, and words become images.’About The meaning of words, 2025
Career
Exhibitions
- 2026 Museu Tobal EsbertA digital museum featuring four collections of his work. Kairoi ArtEn línea
- 2025 The meaning of wordsSolo exhibition. Photography and poetry, from 23 April to 14 May. Convent de Sant DiegoAlaior
- 2022 PoetycumFeaturing Damià Coll, from 19 October to 4 November. Convent de Sant DiegoAlaior
- 2015 Yacimientos talayóticosWith Tiago Reuer. Església de GràciaAlaior
- 2015 Exposición colectivaFeaturing Sonia Rotger and Juan Jover. Xalubínia
- 2014 Exposición colectivaDifferent perspectives on life and urban art. Centre CulturalAlaior
The play
Four collections
Quatre maneres de descobrir Menorca a través dels seus ulls.
