TIRANA, January 10/ATA/ The well-known photographer and painter Leon Çika died on Thursday at 71.
Çika was director of the photography department at the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) during 1980-1985, where he created a new concept in the photographic images that ATA published, finally removing photography clichés.
By 1993, Çika was a Reporter / Producer / Cameraman for “Reuters” in Albania.
Çika was an Academy of Arts graduate.
Çika has also worked in the past at the “Gramsh” Palace of Culture. Later on, he was a member of the group of painters who used to work for the interior decoration of the “Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg” National Museum in Kruja. Later, he was also a photography lecturer at the Academy of Arts.
The Albanian Telegraphic Agency expresses its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the late Leon Çika.
In 1982, he was honored with “Naim Frashëri” medal. /e.r/ /a.g/p.s./
