A local historian, teacher and official chronicler born in Murcia in 1952, Marín Mateos has documented the social history, traditions and everyday life of El Ranero, Ceutí and other towns in the Vega Media del Segura. His work combines historical research, archival material and local visual memory; it includes the documentary *Ceutí en el recuerdo* (2007), made from photographs and other graphic records.