Benjamina Miyar Díaz (1888-1961) led an unusual life in her house on calle del Agua in Corao, Asturias, at the foot of the Picos de Europa mountain range in northern Spain: she was a photographer and watchmaker for more than forty years, but she also fought in her own humble and heroic way against General Franco's dictatorship.
photographer
spanish civil war (1936-39)
biography
small village
political repression
spanish history
portrait of an artist
maquis
female photographer
social prejudice
asturias, spain