Departures of note

Miguel Bergasa was born in Pamplona in 1951 and built a career as a documentary photographer, working in a clean, elegant black-and-white style. His work focused on festivals and rituals across Spain and the Americas, capturing traditional and hermetic communities with an ethnographic eye. Among his most notable projects was his documentation of the secluded Mennonite community in Paraguay, which brought international attention to their way of life. His photographs were widely published and exhibited, establishing him as a significant figure in Spanish documentary photography.