A Lifetime of images: Johnny Bugeja Honoured at Cultural Awards 2025

Wedenesday night’s Cultural Awards 2025 shone a spotlight on a man who has spent a lifetime shining it on others.

Chronicle photographer Johnny Bugeja was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating decades of images that have shaped Gibraltar’s cultural memory.

Johnny’s story began with a simple gift - a camera handed to him at the age of eleven.

From that moment, he became a quiet witness to history.

Now, at eighty, his lens has captured everything from defining national events to the intimate, everyday moments that weave our community together.

The moment that would redefine his career came on 1 August 1981