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Yesterday the scandal jumped in the networks. They had found part of the photographic archive of the Cambio 16 magazine in a work container on Calle Menorca 3, very close to the El Retiro park, a recent World Heritage Site. Many things are taken care of, but the graphic memory of a country seems to have been irretrievably lost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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‘Cambio 16’ (now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding) was one of the most important magazines of the Transition. It was born with the idea of \u200b\u200bfighting against the ideas of the Franco dictatorship and proposing a change (hence part of the name). 16 people made up the original team (the other part).<\/p>\n

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In your magazine they have published thousands of photographs of all the important characters and events from the death of the dictator to the present<\/strong>. Many of us who lived through the 80s remember the head of the magazine and the photos on the cover at our parents’ house.<\/p>\n

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All the historical figures of the political parties, intellectuals, artists … went through the cover in photographs, except for some illustrated numbers. Photography, as was the case with the great magazines of the time, was a fundamental basis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday part of the story of our life disappeared<\/strong>. Paco G\u00f3mez, one of the most interesting current photographers and author of some of the most recommended books of recent years, has told us that part of the archive has really been lost.<\/p>\n

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This was the first USB memory in history<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

The history of the loss of the Cambio 16 photographic archive<\/h2>\n

As he has told us in a telephone conversation, is calling your attention as some media are taking iron out of the matter<\/strong>. They say that nothing has been lost, or that only a few plates have disappeared.<\/p>\n

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But his sources assure him that the already damned construction container located on Calle Menorca 3 had several boxes and plates full of photographs perfectly cataloged and documented with the ‘Cambio 16’ logo. <\/p>\n

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Also, in the Facebook forum ‘PHOTO FORO. Professional Photography in Spain ‘, also photographer \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez Soto comments in great detail what he saw and lived with his own eyes:<\/p>\n

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Yesterday at 5:15 p.m., the photographers C\u00e9sar Dezfuli and \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez Soto met at the CAMBIO 16 headquarters (Menorca, 3) as a result of the information received about the magazine’s photographic archive that was being thrown into a garbage container. Cesar had been talking to the workers in charge of the debris in the morning, the container was already full and the photos underneath. He put down his phone to be called in case more pictures were taken. In the afternoon one of the workers told us that the container had been removed by the Suyfer SL company at around 1 pm. We called by phone and they told us that it had been taken to the Valdeming\u00f3mez landfill. We call. No one answers the phone so we decided to go there. The office was closed. We spoke with the security manager – team leader, I think it was his position – who told us that if half an hour had elapsed since arrival, the photos could still be located, but after so many hours there were no longer any possibilities. As soon as the trucks arrive, the content is unloaded, compacted and transported again, this time to a more remote area that is difficult to pinpoint. By then the photos would be smashed. We asked permission to see the place, but it was denied.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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