The Instituto Sacatar greatly regrets the death of one of its closest friends, the French visual artist Serge Ungaro, who sailed to the island of Itaparica over 30 years ago. Fascinated by its culture and enchanted by its natural beauty, he never left the place. Serge was the owner of the inn Passageiros do Vento, just down the street from Sacatar.  Shortly before breakfast  on the morning of November 25, Serge excused himself. At nine that morning he was found lying in his bed, having suffered a massive heart attack. He was buried in the cemetery high on the hill above the town of Itaparica on the afternoon of November 26.  KAREN OSTROM (Canada>USA, 2013) observed about Serge, ‘He was so sad about the injustices of the world and I think I see that in some of these pictures.’