Photographer Isabel Steva, 'Colita', dies at 83

The photographer Isabel Steva, better known as Colita, died this Sunday afternoon in Barcelona at the age of 83 due to peritonitis, according to sources close to the artist, who had recently been granted permission to the Journalist's Profession award.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
31 December 2023 Sunday 03:50
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Photographer Isabel Steva, 'Colita', dies at 83

The photographer Isabel Steva, better known as Colita, died this Sunday afternoon in Barcelona at the age of 83 due to peritonitis, according to sources close to the artist, who had recently been granted permission to the Journalist's Profession award.

A prominent figure in the field of photojournalism and the cultural life of Barcelona, ​​especially associated with the Gauche Divine scene, with his work he has captured crucial moments in the history of Barcelona.

In addition to immortalizing the different and very different spaces of the city, whether from high society or the marginal barrack neighborhoods, characters such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, Orson posed for Colita's camera. Welles, Rafael Alberti, Ana María Matute, Carmen Amaya, Antonio Gades, Joan Manuel Serrat, Bella Dorita or the brothers Terenci and Ana María Moix, among many others