Title of the photo displayed at the Frèsia flower shop in Mataró:

Happy anniversary, Diablesses!

Photo Description:

40 years of fire, courage, and sisterhood.

We remember those early days full of solidarity—helping carry the gear, dancing among sparks, forging a path through the chaos. It’s been decades of intense life: through gunpowder and smoke, through shouts and dance, through celebration and struggle.

You’ve always been more than a fire group: you are women with your own voice, keeping alive a quiet but persistent internal feminism. Despite challenges, tensions, obstacles—and now cuts to pyrotechnics—you keep moving forward, lighting up the streets and raising awareness.

Here’s to many more years of igniting Mataró.
Long live the Diablesses! 💥

Who is Lluís Rugama?

Lluís Rugama, born in Mataró in 1965, discovered his passion for photography in 2011 during the "indignados" protests at Plaça Santa Anna, where he met and named his camera “Nuri.” Since then, he has documented events like Les Santes, protests, and many other cultural happenings. Proud of his Mataró roots, he has collaborated with Ràdio La Veu and has had his photographs featured in the city’s most notable local magazines, such as Tot Mataró and Capgròs.

In 2015, for his 50th birthday, he received the gift of a lifetime: a trip to Nepal, where he produced one of his most powerful photo reports, which became a solidarity calendar. In 2020, during the pandemic, he began a new project to document everything that was unfolding over two years.

Currently, he is working on a solidarity report on homelessness at the Santa Anna emergency shelter in Barcelona, continuing his deep commitment to social awareness and documentary photography.

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