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The photographer Ramón García died yesterday at 93 years old, after witnessing and capturing its target almost a century of images of Cartagena and its history, working with various city newspapers.
The former Cartagenero of the Year 2007, this past year also decided to donate its entire archive documents and photographs to the City of Cartagena, a legacy that is in the Municipal Archives for cataloging and conservation.
The Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, on behalf of the municipal corporation has sent his condolences to the family of the beloved photographer who always showed such enthusiasm for the things of Cartagena.
GARCIA RAMON PEREZ
Ramón García Pérez was born in Cartagena in 1917, within a family related to cinematography: his father and uncles, Brothers Garcia, were the first to bring the film to Cartagena in 1897, showing films in a shack in Paseo del Muelle, which alternated with film projection varieties.
Although professionally trained as a silversmith goldsmith was in alley Street San Francisco, was stronger than his love of photography which began at age 15.
As a professional photographer began in the daily line, in 1960, collaborating with Carlos Valcárcel and Pascual García Mateos.
Later he became partner of Truth and correspondent for the news agency Europa Press.
To his credit had three national photojournalism awards: among them one for the story that drew on refinery fire in the late sixties of last century and one on a boat that crashed into the port of Cartagena.
He also collaborated with the now defunct newspaper El Noticiero de Cartagena.
His camera caught all the celebrities who have visited our city and was considered the dean of photojournalists.
He was also the main driver of how many tributes have been paid to the teacher in Cartagena Álvarez, creator of pasodoble Sighs of Spain, and was appointed official photographer of the Federation troops and legions of Carthaginians and Romans, and the receiving end of his multiple tributes to his long career.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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