Just recently, the well-known photographer, Alberto Schommer died at the age of 87. He leaves behind him an extensive body of photographs which will keep his memory alive for many years to come. Among this work, a special book of Sanfermin photos under the title “FIESTA”. Schommer has been a distinguished photographer for the past fifty years in Spain, above all achieving international acclaim for his photographic portraits. He was awarded the prestigious Premio Nacional de Fotografía in 2013 and he was a member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Art since 1996.
Alberto Schommer received us in his home in San Sebastián when sanfermin.com requested permission to use some of his images from his book “FIESTA” for its Sanfermin. Com web page as these photos represented his particular view of Sanfermin. It was here in his home that Alberto Schommer confessed to us that he was a true “sanferminero” who loved the fiestas and liked to interpret them in his own style. A style that was given international recognition and which stands at the same level as that of other photographers such as Massats, Cartier-Bresón or Inge Morat.
We will miss him.
