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Fernando Postigo was born on November 25, 1940, in San Sebastián. One of ten siblings, he grew up in a lively household near his parents’ fish shop, Ramonita. He often recalled a childhood in which children played freely in the streets, before cars took over the city.

He grew up in the Basque Country during the harsh years of repression that followed the Spanish Civil War under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Censorship, surveillance, and political persecution deeply shaped his upbringing and his awareness of the fragility of freedom.

He studied at the French School, Sagrado Corazón School, La Salle de Loiola, and the Donostia School of Commerce. In 1966, he met American student Mary Wildman. After they married, they moved to the United States, where Postigo studied Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and worked as a social worker in Philadelphia. That experience strengthened his interest in the relationship between politics, power, and everyday life.

He remained in Philadelphia until Franco’s death in 1975 and returned to San Sebastián in 1977 with Mary and their children, Pablo and Jessica. That same year, he began his professional career as a photojournalist.

His first assignments were for La Voz de España, but it was at El Diario Vasco that he established his career. His photographs documented the Basque Country at a decisive moment: Spain’s transition to democracy, the escalation of ETA violence, and the deep political and social tensions running through Basque society.

Known for getting around by motorcycle, Postigo was often one of the first photographers to arrive at the scene of events. His camera recorded demonstrations, political rallies, funerals, attacks, and assassinations, but also the everyday life of a society under enormous strain.

He worked with Nikon cameras, often carrying two bodies at once and switching between wide-angle and telephoto lenses. He developed his own negatives. His archive, predominantly in black and white until 1991, reflects not only great technical skill but also an extraordinary journalistic instinct for recognizing when history was unfolding and which faces would ultimately bear its mark.

Today, the Fernando Postigo Photographic Collection constitutes a valuable record of a turbulent period in the contemporary history of the Basque Country, preserving the memory of a society undergoing profound transformation.