On March 24 or 25, 2012, Frédéric Huijbregts took his own life, “aware that his illness would gradually rob him of his sight,” according to the Nogent Citoyen newspaper.
On March 9, 2013, I discovered his photographs during my research into images of Spain taken in the 1960s, 70s and 80s by non-Spanish photographers. I found several beautiful photographs of Las Hurdes and peasants in berets, deep in conversation.
I became interested in the theme of Spain as the legendary land of photography. I searched for more information about the photographer and found out that he attended the Lycée Français in Madrid! Then I found the article in the Nogent Citoyen.
I thank Margaux, his daughter, for sharing with us more information about her father and a few more of his photographs, images that already exist in our collective unconscious, and others unpublished ones.
Finally I would like to acknowledge his contributions to photography publishing: he founded Editions Terre Bleue in the 1990s with Alain Escudier. Then in 2004, with his new partner Jean-Louis Vibert, he reactivated our memory with the monographs you can find by clicking on the link below.
Thank you again, Margaux.
Lola Fabry
