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The event took place at the Palacio Molina, who also hosts the exhibition that pays tribute to this group of extinct |
The Palacio Molina pulled Wednesday trunk countless memories of yesteryear of a group that went through good and bad times, which became popular with the same ease with which years later would disappear.
This is AFOCAR, the former Photographic Association of Cartagena, now former member Juan Manuel Díaz Burgos recalls in a book that presented yesterday.
He attended the mayor of Culture, Rosario Montero, who highlighted the passion of its components is shown in thousands of negatives that were performed.
Notes on amateur photography in Cartagena 1957-1989, as it is called, takes a journey through this association that makes a quarter century, 32 years, was dissolved. An exhibition in the Palace also shows some of the work that these photographers made ​​during the time in which this art took a big boost in Cartagena.
The exhibition, which opened last Friday, is renamed School of Cartagena, Presente!, The latest exhibition by the collective 25 years.
Dozens of works in this collection and also appear in the publication of Juan Manuel Díaz Burgos. Emaciated old Helmet Fronts Cartagena, colorful beach Cala Cortina, a portrait of one such Yolanda or sunset on the Malecon showing the different points of view and styles of each of the members of this association extinct.
HISTORY
It was in 1956 when a couple of colleagues, led by Ángel Monteagudo, with the idea of laying the foundations for a new association of photographers, but it was not until a year later when officially born this group got together. Bring them together in a group, extend beyond the local level and extol photography as art were the ideals and objectives that were proposed from the outset, said yesterday Juan Manuel Díaz Burgos.
At the time this group of artists break the mold of concept photography of the time to leave the monotony established.
In its first activity in the Home Producer and latest related in this book that honors AFOCAR and about 2 years ago the author undertook to collect all documentation is now exposed.
And since announcements of Taka-Tak Powder Beers The Azor and Licor 43 that appeared in the first newsletter until recent years, anecdotes and images multiply.
Not only for the work as a photographer but also for those times when a group of colleagues gathered to chat and have fun, as the excursion to Moratalla who performed and who delights in this book.
In addition, the author recounted during his presentation yesterday that the success was reflected in the participation of competitions that were organized as the National Photography Prize City of Cartagena, which occurred hundreds of jobs to participate in the contest.
During the event, the figure of a former member of this association since died, Carlos Gallego, by their union, motivation, friendship, vocation and experiences shared by all, it also highlighted confessed excited Díaz Burgos.
Until 1 June can visit the exhibition, in which the work of former members of Photographic Association of Cartagena on display during the 80s.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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