Joaquim Veà was a multitalented person, an avid reader, concerned about the society that surrounded him.
He was capable of combining activities such as being a voluntary fireman with educational actions on human communication.
His cultural inquisitiveness allowed him to link with the Sitges Historical Studies Centre from its foundation in 1975, and he was appointed chair of the organisation in 1992.

Photography as a basic tool for any researcher became one of Veà's passions, and he was able to turn what only had functional and scientific value into works of art.
For his photographic work, the scientist used the pseudonym Ricard Baró.
He had held various exhibitions in Sitges, Barcelona and Mexico, where he had the support of Rosa María López, director of the Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi in the city of Veracruz, who he met on one of his trips and was later to be his wife.
Dedicated to photography since the 1980s, he moved from analogue to digital and developed a style based on digital processing and the colour saturation to create magical photographs.

He often took photographs of the female nude, and of nature in the jungle of Veracruz.
In an exhibition in Xalapa under the title “The naked tremor of slim trees”, Ricardo Baró used his images to demonstrate the human pressure on the jungle which he had observed in his research:
"The trees hold up the sky" said our ancestors
And they know, the sky is now falling on top of us
Is it possible to show the beauty of disaster?
I think so.

— Ricard Baró (Joaquim Veà’s pseudonym)
The last exhibition was held at the Mexican embassy of Barcelona in December 2015, when Veà had advanced cancer which would end his life a year later; it was a special tribute from the Mexican authorities for his professional involvement with the state of Veracruz and its natural reserve over the last 15 years.

He died in Barcelona on February the 23rd, 2016, two years after his illness was diagnosed.
Joaquim Veà was a multitalented person, an avid reader, concerned about the society that surrounded him. He was capable of combining activities such as being a voluntary fireman with educational actions on human communication. His cultural inquisitiveness allowed him to link with the Sitges Historical Studies Centre from its foundation in 1975, and he was appointed chair of the organisation in 1992.
Photography as a basic tool for any researcher became one of Veà's passions, and he was able to turn what only had functional and scientific value into works of art. For his photographic work, the scientist used the pseudonym Ricard Baró. He had held various exhibitions in Sitges, Barcelona and Mexico, where he had the support of Rosa María López, director of the Fototeca Juan Malpica Mimendi in the city of Veracruz, who he met on one of his trips and was later to be his wife. Dedicated to photography since the 1980s, he moved from analogue to digital and developed a style based on digital processing and the colour saturation to create magical photographs.
He often took photographs of the female nude, and of nature in the jungle of Veracruz. In an exhibition in Xalapa under the title “The naked tremor of slim trees”, Ricardo Baró used his images to demonstrate the human pressure on the jungle which he had observed in his research:
"The trees hold up the sky" said our ancestors
And they know, the sky is now falling on top of us
Is it possible to show the beauty of disaster? I think so.
— Ricard Baró (Joaquim Veà’s pseudonym)
The last exhibition was held at the Mexican embassy of Barcelona in December 2015, when Veà had advanced cancer which would end his life a year later; it was a special tribute from the Mexican authorities for his professional involvement with the state of Veracruz and its natural reserve over the last 15 years.
He died in Barcelona on February the 23rd, 2016, two years after his illness was diagnosed.
Joaquim Veà Baró