León Birbragher Vinkel (1940–2022) was a Colombian photographer born in Cartagena who spent his childhood in Barranquilla. He studied at Boston University and earned a master’s degree in industrial planning at the University of Chicago. For more than 30 years he photographed the main events, dances, masquerades and costumes of the Barranquilla Carnival.
Coral Gables Museum · 2026


