Thursday evening April 20th, the opening of the photo exhibition of Wilfredo García in Casa de Arte of Sosúa took place.
The opening speech was made by a representative of Centro León and Centro Cultural de España from Santiago.
There were also two sons of Wilfredo García present at the opening.
Wilfredo was born in Barcelona, Spain in 1935.
In 1946, he moved to the Dominican Republic with his mother.
He studied photography in the United States.
He returned to the Dominican Republic where he worked as a teacher in photography.
He was also engaged in photographing ethnic characters and situations.
His work was frequently exhibited and received several awards.
He died in 1988 in Santo Domingo.
His oeuvre now belongs to the permanent collection of Centro León and Centro Cultural de España.
Exhibition Wilfredo García
Thanks to the good contact Adolfo Faringthon (director of Casa de Arte in Sosúa) has with Centro León he was able to exhibit the work of this famous photographer's in Sosúa's cultural house.
Entrance to this exhibition in Sosúa's Culture House (Casa de Arte) is free.
