TREVISO – He died at 98 years old Hector Bragaggiaafter a life of service to Treviso, his city. Photographer, former partisan, former city councilor and militant of left: with him a piece of Treviso history goes away. Tètte, as his friends called him, was one iconic figure: very well known and respected.
After the war he was the first photographer to open a studio in the capital, in Viale 4 Novembre, and for years he was the only one in business: family portraits, services for weddings and special occasions, passport photos. There wasn’t a Treviso who didn’t turn to him for a shot. The other great passion, in addition to photographyit was thecivic and political commitment. A member of the Republican Party, between the 1980s and 1990s he was a city councilor and in the following decades he continued his militancy at the service of the community, promptly reporting to the various administrations problems, inefficiencies and issues that were close to his heart. So much so that some define him as “the Gentilini of the left” for the watchful sentinel eye with which he observed the city. Even though he engaged in heated clashes and debates with the then mayor-sheriff, who was almost the same age, given their opposing political beliefs.
Bragaggia he lived in Selvanahe remained widower and until some time ago you could see him going around the city using public transport since a vision problem had made him almost blind. Ettore passed away yesterday evening, June 26, in the retirement home of Santa Bona where he had recently been a guest. He leaves behind two children and “his” beloved Treviso.
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