Tonight I had dinner with Jose Luis Diaz de Villegas (Paco Villon) and his wife Graciela, along with Carlos Soria, Marta Botero and Claude Erbsen.
Jose Luis is now 81 but full of life and the same curiosity of a young reporter.
This Cuban engineer that Carlos Casteneda recruited as the first Art Director of El Nuevo Dia in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a great journalist, illustrator and internationally-known gastronomic critic.
He has more than 100 “carnets” where he keeps a graphic record of friends, daily moments, and details of his life.
People like Jose Luis have made newspapers art galleries.
El Nuevo Dia, one of the most succesful newspapers of the Americas, gave him the freedom to present his daily work.
Great newspapers are always great places to display artistic talent.
Visual journalism is what Jose Luis produced on a daily basis.
He was a teacher for many generations of journalists.
We need more people like him.
We need more visual journalists.
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