Colita’s friends and family have said their last goodbye to the photography reference and teacher of many of those present at the Les Corts Mortuary this Tuesday. Family, friends and representatives of culture and politics came to say their last goodbye. Were Jaume Collbonimayor of Barcelona, Jordi MartiSecretary of State for Culture, Xavier MarcéCouncilor for Culture, Ada Colauformer mayor of Barcelona and Jose Montilla, former president of the Generalitat. Photographers of several generations with Pilar Aymerich in front -of the few colleagues from her farm that remain-, the actress Teresa Gimperamuse of the ‘gauche divine’ (whose cell phone went off at the end of the ceremony), the writer Carmen Rierathe painter Frederic Amat, Catherine Allarddirector of IT Dansa, and Rocio Santa Cruzgallery owner who is preparing Colita’s latest exhibition inspired by the book ‘Antifémina’ (1977), which will premiere at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid in February.
The gray sky seemed especially commissioned for a secular ceremony that was full of emotion, where it was palpable the love of his friends, his great heritage, by this endearing journalist photographer who died last Sunday at the age of 83. The actor Enric Majó He opened it saying: “Colita has never failed. Faithful in friendship, firm in affection, unbribable in decisions.” To say goodbye to her, he selected a poem by her friend Gil de Biedma. “That life is serious, one begins to understand it later,” the text began, the first sentence of which accompanied the reminder of the funeral. Also Rosa Sender He chose words from another great friend, Anna Maria Moix and verses from Miguel Hernández.
“A great person”
Colita was “very pussy,” recalled Pepe Encinas, one of the many photographers from different generations who attended the event. And that aspect was captured in the writer’s parliament. Cristina Fernández Cubas, who noted that beyond her success in photography, “Colita, above all, was a great person.” She made those present laugh with some anecdotes that attested to the tenacity and spark of Colita, “a specialist in opening fronts”, whose mind “was a tireless waste of ideas and occurrences.” Like that pigeon that she couldn’t get rid of that ate all the food of the dogs and cats that Colita took care of. “Maybe he’ll be out here on the way out,” she joked.
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The journalist Maruja Torres, who was caught far from Barcelona by Colita’s death, sent a voice message from the Picos de Europa. “Colita was a fun companion, a great testimony of an era,” she said.
Her images spoke of Colita’s genius as a photographer through a projection with a selection of some of the photos from his personal archive enlivened with the music ‘Fiesta’ (1970), by his beloved Serrat, who was missed at the ceremony. It was a combination of everyday scenes from Barcelona, from the most gypsy to the most divine, and some of her magnificent portraits of Carmen Amaya, García Márquez, Serrat, Terenci Moix, Oriol Regás and Ocaña mixed with portraits of her with her beloved animals . photographs that Francesc Polop, their right hand and great friend, who will continue to take care of them with more care than ever now that Colita is gone. “She leaves us an enormous work, a unique and personal imaginary that will accompany us forever,” she recalled, “where her critical and unique perspective is evident.”