A couple of years after starting a Law degree, he abandoned University and joined the Spanish military service. But this choice didn’t satisfy him either and he soon left the army as well. Few years after that, in the early 70s, he moved to Madrid and started to get interested in photography. Using a classic documentary, black and white style, García-Alix started documenting his own experiences with hundreds of snapshots. He portrayed life as he was living it, his friends, his nights out and before he knew it he became the most important documentary photographer of Spanish post-dictatorial society of the 80s, which lead him to obtain he Spanish National Photographic Award in 1999. ... http://paulagortazar.blogspot.it/p/on-garcia-alixs-photograph-en-busca-del.html