Ana Garbín Alonso: Identity of ‘anarchist Madonna’ revealed 87 years after iconic Spanish Civil War photo
The identity of the young militiawoman on a barricade in Barcelona had been a mystery until an exhibition in Montpellier of long-lost works by its author, Antoni Campañà
https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-06-28/ana-garbin-alonso-identity-of-anarchist-madonna-revealed-87-years-after-iconic-spanish-civil-war-photo.html #Spain #CivilWar #militia #history #photography
“It was a moment of shared emotion: the reunion between the photographer’s family and the family of the photographed.”
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“the anarchist Madonna”
The militiawoman was called Anita
'In the summer of 1936, a young militiawoman, happy and confident, displayed a red and black flag of the CNT-FAI on a barricade erected on Calle Hospital next to the Rambla, with the Casa dels Paraigües in the background.'
https://www.usanews.net/breaking/the-militiawoman-was-called-anita-h70940.html
La imagen fue escondida por su autor con otras 5.000 fotografías de la Guerra Civil. Cuando sus descendientes destaparon la 'caja roja', revelaron los negativos y expusieron las imágenes. Por casualidad, dos turistas franceses reconocieron en ella a su tía abuela, Anita.
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