Cosme Lapena is a street and urban photographer based in Barcelona. He picked up a camera for the first time at fifteen, borrowing a Voigtländer to wander the streets of his home city, and has been photographing with increasing intensity for the past twenty-five years. His work centres on contrast — of light, of history, of pace — and Barcelona's mix of medieval alleys and contemporary architecture remains his most enduring subject. Cosme shoots primarily with a Sony a7R IV and a Leica Q3, and publishes his photography and writing at bCLPhoto (bclphoto.com), where he explores street, architecture and travel photography from Barcelona and beyond. He has exhibited at espai [b] since 2010, and his work has appeared in The Eye of Photography. You can also find his work on Instagram at @bclphoto_.