documentary photography. Łódź (20/01/2015)

Elpidio del Campo Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain)

Elpidio del Campo Miguel Hernández University (Elche, Spain)

From Journalism to Art (Łódź, 2015)A little journey to the Contemporary Documentary Photography

From Journalism to Art (Łódź, 2015)A little journey to the Contemporary Documentary Photography

Journalism Faculty (Elche)Journalism Faculty (Elche)

(Connecting Photography)(Connecting Photography)

Fine Arts Faculty (Altea)Fine Arts Faculty (Altea)

Journalism Faculty (Elche)Journalism Faculty (Elche)

Mapping the Blind Spots (PhotoEspaña 2014)

Two long standing photo collectives collaborate in a publishing and exhibition project involving the recognitionof their archives. In the last years, both photography groups have researched on historical, socio-cultural and geographicalaspects of their immediate surroundings: Eastern Europe (in case of SPUTNIK) and Western Europe (in case ofNOPHOTO).

http://nophoto.org/mapping-the-blind-spots/en

Mapping the Blind Spots (PhotoEspaña 2014)

Two long standing photo collectives collaborate in a publishing and exhibition project involving the recognitionof their archives. In the last years, both photography groups have researched on historical, socio-cultural and geographicalaspects of their immediate surroundings: Eastern Europe (in case of SPUTNIK) and Western Europe (in case ofNOPHOTO).

http://nophoto.org/mapping-the-blind-spots/en

Collective NoPhoto & Sputnik PhotoCollective NoPhoto & Sputnik Photo

Mapping the Blind Spot NoPhoto & Sputnik PhotoMapping the Blind Spot NoPhoto & Sputnik Photo

Within next few years he received grants from Magnum Foundation, Polish Ministry of Culture and EuropeanCultural Foundation. His pictures and books have been awarded with World Press Photo, Pictures of the YearInternational, Magnum Expression Awards, Photography Book Now and New York Photo Festival awards.Works in collections of Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Brandts Museum for Kunst & VisuelKultur and CO Berlin. http://rafalmilach.com/bio/

Sputnik Photos is an international collective founded in 2006 by documentary photographers from Centraland Eastern Europehttp://www.sputnikphotos.com/?p=2133

Within next few years he received grants from Magnum Foundation, Polish Ministry of Culture and EuropeanCultural Foundation. His pictures and books have been awarded with World Press Photo, Pictures of the YearInternational, Magnum Expression Awards, Photography Book Now and New York Photo Festival awards.Works in collections of Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, Brandts Museum for Kunst & VisuelKultur and CO Berlin. http://rafalmilach.com/bio/

Sputnik Photos is an international collective founded in 2006 by documentary photographers from Centraland Eastern Europehttp://www.sputnikphotos.com/?p=2133

Rafal Milach / Sputnik PhotosRafal Milach / Sputnik Photos

7 Roomshttp://rafalmilach.com/7-rooms/

Over a period of several years, Rafal Milach accompanied seven young people living in the Russian cities ofMoscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. In intimate pictures, he portrays a generation caught up betweenthe mentality of the old Soviet regime and Russia of the Putin era.

7 Roomshttp://rafalmilach.com/7-rooms/

Over a period of several years, Rafal Milach accompanied seven young people living in the Russian cities ofMoscow, Yekaterinburg and Krasnoyarsk. In intimate pictures, he portrays a generation caught up betweenthe mentality of the old Soviet regime and Russia of the Putin era.

Rafal MilachRafal Milach

From the project 7 Rooms Rafal MilachFrom the project 7 Rooms Rafal Milach

Book 7 Rooms Rafal MilachBook 7 Rooms Rafal Milach

Zacheta National Gallery of Art / Warsaw, Poland 2012Zacheta National Gallery of Art / Warsaw, Poland 2012

7 Rooms (Video)by Rafal Milach. Music by 5'nizza.http://vimeo.com/40786442

7 Rooms (Video)by Rafal Milach. Music by 5'nizza.http://vimeo.com/40786442

Rafal MilachRafal Milach

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He is a member of Panos Pictures and has won two World Press Photo awards, as well as the Leica Ville deVevey, UNICEF Children's Awareness Photograph of the Year and the Descubrimientos award for PhotoEspana1998. Matias has received grants from the Fondation Hachette, Fundacion LaCaixa, the Spanish Ministry ofCulture and the Joop Swart Masterclass.

His work is part of the permanent collections at the Moscow Photography Museum, the Region of Madrid, theSpanish Ministry of Culture, Rotterdam Photographic Institute and a number of private collections.http://www.panos.co.uk/photographers/

He is a member of Panos Pictures and has won two World Press Photo awards, as well as the Leica Ville deVevey, UNICEF Children's Awareness Photograph of the Year and the Descubrimientos award for PhotoEspana1998. Matias has received grants from the Fondation Hachette, Fundacion LaCaixa, the Spanish Ministry ofCulture and the Joop Swart Masterclass.

His work is part of the permanent collections at the Moscow Photography Museum, the Region of Madrid, theSpanish Ministry of Culture, Rotterdam Photographic Institute and a number of private collections.http://www.panos.co.uk/photographers/

Matias CostaMatias Costa

When we are all rich

Beijing reeks of money, of an unstoppable city which is devouring itself and spewing out cement, dollars andpeople. Because 'China will be even greater', say the youngsters glued to their mobile telephones, 'when weare all rich.‘http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1092-1561-MCO/Matias-Costa/

When we are all rich

Beijing reeks of money, of an unstoppable city which is devouring itself and spewing out cement, dollars andpeople. Because 'China will be even greater', say the youngsters glued to their mobile telephones, 'when weare all rich.‘http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1092-1561-MCO/Matias-Costa/

Matias CostaMatias Costa

From the story When we are all rich(Beijing) Matias CostaFrom the story When we are all rich(Beijing) Matias Costa

From the story When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias CostaFrom the story When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias Costa

From the project When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias CostaFrom the project When we are all rich (Beijing) Matias Costa

Though photography began for Piotr Malecki as a way of filling the slack hours after school it soon developedinto a full-blown passion, and completely defined his professional life.

Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to studyphotography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazineWprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust heneeded to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.

Piotr’s work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Newsweek Japanand Poland, Polityka Magazine, and National Geographic Poland.http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1317-1823-PMA/Piotr-Malecki/

Though photography began for Piotr Malecki as a way of filling the slack hours after school it soon developedinto a full-blown passion, and completely defined his professional life.

Choosing first to study film-making at Silesian University in Katowice, Piotr then moved to the UK to studyphotography in Bournemouth, returning to Poland as a staff photographer for the weekly news magazineWprost. He soon recognized that in order to tell stories of importance, and to satiate his wanderlust heneeded to go freelance, a decision which has taken him across Europe, Russia, China, Palestine, and the USA.

Piotr’s work has been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Der Spiegel, Stern, Newsweek Japanand Poland, Polityka Magazine, and National Geographic Poland.http://www.panos.co.uk/stories/1-5-1317-1823-PMA/Piotr-Malecki/

Piotr MaleckiPiotr Malecki

The Call Centre

Call centre consultants are like doctors - they need to get under the client's skin to find out the most effectiveway of selling a product or getting valuable feedback. Call centre work is readily available and in most casesdoesn't require any qualifications or previous experience. What counts are interpersonal skills andadaptability to different situations and character types.

The proliferation of call centers, dating back to the 1990s and the spread of computer technology, has gonehand in hand with fierce cost cutting and competition for custom in Western economies. Call centers in placesas diverse as southern India and Malaysia now farm out their consultants to numerous clients at the sametime and service a diverse range of industries, from mobile phone operators and cosmetics retailers to banksand debt consolidation agencies.Piotr Malecki (Napo Imágenes, "Polítika") http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos2.dll/go?a=disp&t=gl-loader.html&_tlid=1&groupid=5&galleryid=1317&glbid=1823&_currentPhoto=0&_pname=PMA&si=A40EBC42808B4A7BAC53C75C609868&rnd=1039.5.11

The Call Centre

Call centre consultants are like doctors - they need to get under the client's skin to find out the most effectiveway of selling a product or getting valuable feedback. Call centre work is readily available and in most casesdoesn't require any qualifications or previous experience. What counts are interpersonal skills andadaptability to different situations and character types.

The proliferation of call centers, dating back to the 1990s and the spread of computer technology, has gonehand in hand with fierce cost cutting and competition for custom in Western economies. Call centers in placesas diverse as southern India and Malaysia now farm out their consultants to numerous clients at the sametime and service a diverse range of industries, from mobile phone operators and cosmetics retailers to banksand debt consolidation agencies.Piotr Malecki (Napo Imágenes, "Polítika") http://www.panos.co.uk/bin/panos2.dll/go?a=disp&t=gl-loader.html&_tlid=1&groupid=5&galleryid=1317&glbid=1823&_currentPhoto=0&_pname=PMA&si=A40EBC42808B4A7BAC53C75C609868&rnd=1039.5.11


From the story Call Center Piotr MaleckiFrom the story Call Center Piotr Malecki

"Call Centre Poland" call centre in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw. Piotr Malecki"Call Centre Poland" call centre in Gora Kalwaria near Warsaw. Piotr Malecki

Call center (2º Prize Photocast Category 2011)Video, stills and editing by Piotr Malecki (5:23)

This multimedia looks at the pressure young people face in call centers in Poland.Piotr Malecki (Napo Imágenes, "Polítika") http://www.panos.co.uk/blog/?p=5734

Call center (2º Prize Photocast Category 2011)Video, stills and editing by Piotr Malecki (5:23)

This multimedia looks at the pressure young people face in call centers in Poland.Piotr Malecki (Napo Imágenes, "Polítika") http://www.panos.co.uk/blog/?p=5734


Pep Bonet (Mallorca, 1974) is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has traveled extensivelycapturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projectsfocus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on theaftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. Pep's ongoing work around the globe on HIV/Aids has led to severalphotography books and many exhibitions worldwide.http://noorimages.com/photographer/bonet/

Being extremely fascinated by the fact that HDDSLR photo cameras nowadays also have the capability ofshooting HD films, Pep crafted himself into shooting documentaries with DSLR cameras. This resulted inseveral short documentary films, amongst which the award winning ‘Into the Shadows’, a pursuit into the livesof hundreds of thousands of Africans living in the inner city of Johannesburg.Into the shadows Online Short , 2013 , (1st prize World Press Photo)People from neighboring countries move to South Africa in search of a better life. In inner-city Johannesburg,many of them struggle for acceptance in the face of discrimination, but are resourceful and persistent in theirhope for the future.http://www.worldpressphoto.org/video/shadows

Pep Bonet (Mallorca, 1974) is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer who has traveled extensivelycapturing profound moments that represent the unbalanced world in which we live. His longer-term projectsfocus on African issues, with his most well known project being “Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on theaftermath of the war in Sierra Leone. Pep's ongoing work around the globe on HIV/Aids has led to severalphotography books and many exhibitions worldwide.http://noorimages.com/photographer/bonet/

Being extremely fascinated by the fact that HDDSLR photo cameras nowadays also have the capability ofshooting HD films, Pep crafted himself into shooting documentaries with DSLR cameras. This resulted inseveral short documentary films, amongst which the award winning ‘Into the Shadows’, a pursuit into the livesof hundreds of thousands of Africans living in the inner city of Johannesburg.Into the shadows Online Short , 2013 , (1st prize World Press Photo)People from neighboring countries move to South Africa in search of a better life. In inner-city Johannesburg,many of them struggle for acceptance in the face of discrimination, but are resourceful and persistent in theirhope for the future.http://www.worldpressphoto.org/video/shadows

Pep BonetPep Bonet

Blackfields: poland’s coal industry. Pep BonetBlackfields: poland’s coal industry. Pep Bonet

Pep BonetPep Bonet

BlackfieldsPoland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world and the current developments of expandingmining throughout the country will have a serious impact on these natural resources. Devastating effects canoccur on the fragile ecosystem endangering several species. Marshes and peat bogs can also dry up, causingirreversible destruction.Researchers believe that the impact of these new mining operations will affect not only surrounding areas butalso regions hundreds of kilometers away. If mining companies continue to refuse considering these facts andreevaluate their plans, the damage caused by opencast mining in Poland might have only begun.Based on a story by Marta Kazmierska | Greenpeace.http://vimeo.com/24718231

BlackfieldsPoland has one of the highest numbers of lakes in the world and the current developments of expandingmining throughout the country will have a serious impact on these natural resources. Devastating effects canoccur on the fragile ecosystem endangering several species. Marshes and peat bogs can also dry up, causingirreversible destruction.Researchers believe that the impact of these new mining operations will affect not only surrounding areas butalso regions hundreds of kilometers away. If mining companies continue to refuse considering these facts andreevaluate their plans, the damage caused by opencast mining in Poland might have only begun.Based on a story by Marta Kazmierska | Greenpeace.http://vimeo.com/24718231

Tomasz Wiech (b. 1979). Freelance photographer based in Kraków, Poland. He studied political sciences at theJagiellonian University in Kraków and Photography at the Institute of the Creative Photography in Opava(Czech Republic). Between 2004 – 2010, he collaborated with the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza".Prize winner in the World Press Photo competition in 2008 and finalist of Leica Oscar Barnack Award in 2011and Magnum Expression Award in 2012. Awarded a scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and NationalHeritage in 2010 and a grant from the National Centre of Culture (CSW) in 2011.His book entitled "Poland. In Search of Diamonds" was nominated in the Photo-Eye Best Book competition in2012.His pictures have been shown in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Germany andBelgium.

http://www.tomaszwiech.com/biography.php

Tomasz Wiech (b. 1979). Freelance photographer based in Kraków, Poland. He studied political sciences at theJagiellonian University in Kraków and Photography at the Institute of the Creative Photography in Opava(Czech Republic). Between 2004 – 2010, he collaborated with the Polish daily "Gazeta Wyborcza".Prize winner in the World Press Photo competition in 2008 and finalist of Leica Oscar Barnack Award in 2011and Magnum Expression Award in 2012. Awarded a scholarship of the Polish Ministry of Culture and NationalHeritage in 2010 and a grant from the National Centre of Culture (CSW) in 2011.His book entitled "Poland. In Search of Diamonds" was nominated in the Photo-Eye Best Book competition in2012.His pictures have been shown in Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, France, Portugal, Germany andBelgium.

http://www.tomaszwiech.com/biography.php

Tomasz WiechTomasz Wiech

Something Privatehttps://www.lensculture.com/tomasz-wiech?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=4012

Today more and more people work in big corporations where they spend most of the day. The office becomestheir home and their apartments turn into bedrooms. Cool open space areas in big corporations are alwaysthe same, regardless of their geographic location or economic context. When empty, they seem like theessence of mediocrity and homogenization. Luckily, when filled with people, they show their more humandimension.

Something Privatehttps://www.lensculture.com/tomasz-wiech?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=4012

Today more and more people work in big corporations where they spend most of the day. The office becomestheir home and their apartments turn into bedrooms. Cool open space areas in big corporations are alwaysthe same, regardless of their geographic location or economic context. When empty, they seem like theessence of mediocrity and homogenization. Luckily, when filled with people, they show their more humandimension.


From the project Something Private Tomasz WiechFrom the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech

From the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech. 'Corporate Breakfast' got 3rd prize in category Daily Life in WPP 2009.From the project Something Private Tomasz Wiech. 'Corporate Breakfast' got 3rd prize in category Daily Life in WPP 2009.

Poland. In search of diamonds

This is a country where anything's allowed. Here every, even the wildest relationship, becomes flesh. Ourversion of beauty has nothing in common with the utterly clichéd classic of Tuscany or Andalucia. Our beautyis an elixir for the initiated, those prepared for a surprise, for difficulty, a bold metaphor, a combination thatseems to come from one's wildest dreams. Poland is a land of cowboys, galloping dinosaurs, camels, dwarves,plastic bison and the biggest Jesus in the world, a land where any, even the most fantastical architectural formis allowed, a land like a great big question mark. A land of great adventure.Part of Michal Olszewski's text from our book "Poland. In search of diamonds“https://www.lensculture.com/tomasz-wiech?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=4013

Poland. In search of diamonds

This is a country where anything's allowed. Here every, even the wildest relationship, becomes flesh. Ourversion of beauty has nothing in common with the utterly clichéd classic of Tuscany or Andalucia. Our beautyis an elixir for the initiated, those prepared for a surprise, for difficulty, a bold metaphor, a combination thatseems to come from one's wildest dreams. Poland is a land of cowboys, galloping dinosaurs, camels, dwarves,plastic bison and the biggest Jesus in the world, a land where any, even the most fantastical architectural formis allowed, a land like a great big question mark. A land of great adventure.Part of Michal Olszewski's text from our book "Poland. In search of diamonds“https://www.lensculture.com/tomasz-wiech?modal=true&modal_type=project&modal_project_id=4013


From the book Poland. In Search of Diamonds. From the book Poland. In Search of Diamonds.

Jordi Bernadó a member of VU Agency. It´s interested in photography as a way to conceive the city, thearchitecture and the urban layout and understands the photographic discipline as a way of knowledge. Hisambition and rigour when he is decoding the surroundings has transcended in a very personal and huge butcomplex work. Contradiction, absurdity, hazard and often irony are the sources which Jordi Bernadó flirts withto point out what’s around him. He won the Fotopress scholarship in 1993 and he was granted by Beca EndesaX in 2007.

Lives in Barcelona, Spain.http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=250

Jordi Bernadó a member of VU Agency. It´s interested in photography as a way to conceive the city, thearchitecture and the urban layout and understands the photographic discipline as a way of knowledge. Hisambition and rigour when he is decoding the surroundings has transcended in a very personal and huge butcomplex work. Contradiction, absurdity, hazard and often irony are the sources which Jordi Bernadó flirts withto point out what’s around him. He won the Fotopress scholarship in 1993 and he was granted by Beca EndesaX in 2007.

Lives in Barcelona, Spain.http://www.agencevu.com/photographers/photographer.php?id=250

Jordi BernadóJordi Bernadó

Welcome to Espain (2009)http://www.agencevu.com/stories/index.php?id=886&p=250

Beyond Bernado's vision of the superficial world and the satire he offers us, we are also given a glimpse of hisinspired personality on this guided tour of the 20th-century playwrights who have brought the senseless andthe ridiculous to the stage, as embodied in the writings of Cervantes and the paintings of Goya. And behindthis cumulus of symbols, there is the depiction of absurdity.

Welcome to Espain (2009)http://www.agencevu.com/stories/index.php?id=886&p=250

Beyond Bernado's vision of the superficial world and the satire he offers us, we are also given a glimpse of hisinspired personality on this guided tour of the 20th-century playwrights who have brought the senseless andthe ridiculous to the stage, as embodied in the writings of Cervantes and the paintings of Goya. And behindthis cumulus of symbols, there is the depiction of absurdity.

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From the story Wellcome to Espain Jordi BernardóFrom the story Wellcome to Espain Jordi Bernardó

From the storie Wellcome to Espain Jordi BernardóFrom the storie Wellcome to Espain Jordi Bernardó

Paraguay

It is a story about us and our knowledge in the Google's reality. I chose Paraguay because name of this countryseems to be familiar for everyone, but , on the other hand, it is mentioned very rarely in mass media. I askedmy friends what they know about Paraguay and how they imagine this country. I connected their expectationswith pictures taken by me in my neighborhood which symbolically correspond to what my friends think aboutthe distant and unknown Paraguay. This is the series of pictures about lack of knowledge in the world of information.

Paraguay

It is a story about us and our knowledge in the Google's reality. I chose Paraguay because name of this countryseems to be familiar for everyone, but , on the other hand, it is mentioned very rarely in mass media. I askedmy friends what they know about Paraguay and how they imagine this country. I connected their expectationswith pictures taken by me in my neighborhood which symbolically correspond to what my friends think aboutthe distant and unknown Paraguay. This is the series of pictures about lack of knowledge in the world of information.


From the serie Paraguay Tomasz Wiech. From the serie Paraguay Tomasz Wiech.

Manu Bravo (Spain, 1981) is a freelance photojournalist whose work is focused mainly on social conflictsaround the world. Since 2007 he has worked on the impact of natural disasters, political changes, uprisings,revolutions and wars in countries such as Honduras, Haiti-, Bolivia, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc...

During the last few years Manu has been working for several NGO's and international news agencies as EPA orThe Associated Press and his shots have been published in most important blogs, magazines and papers.

He works for AP agency and won the Pulitzer Prize.in the category Breaking News Photography In 2013.http://www.manubrabo.eu/

Manu Bravo (Spain, 1981) is a freelance photojournalist whose work is focused mainly on social conflictsaround the world. Since 2007 he has worked on the impact of natural disasters, political changes, uprisings,revolutions and wars in countries such as Honduras, Haiti-, Bolivia, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, Syria, etc...

During the last few years Manu has been working for several NGO's and international news agencies as EPA orThe Associated Press and his shots have been published in most important blogs, magazines and papers.

He works for AP agency and won the Pulitzer Prize.in the category Breaking News Photography In 2013.http://www.manubrabo.eu/

Manu BraboManu Brabo

Feature: War Prisoner (Libya) http://www.manubrabo.eu/feature-war-prisoner-libya

This project is a personal and intuitive attempt in build a narration about all these ones who, ironically, havelost their freedom because of a war created to bring precisely this: “freedom”

This story is mainly motivated because of two experience, strongly linked together. One is my capture andcaptivity by troops loyalist to Gadafi. The other one is the verification, not long time after I was released, ofthe brutal treatment the rebels where giving to the prisoners loyalist to Gadafi´s regime.

Therefore, in addition to trying to talk about the situation of this prisoners, this essay wants to talk about theanger, the fury, the abuse, the torture … but specially, about the self-annihilation by themutilation of big guest of our desires as human beings: freedom.

So, offering my personal experience I can bring the situation of the prisoners closer, make it morecomprehensible… just as the images of the prisoners can shed some light on my experience.

Feature: War Prisoner (Libya) http://www.manubrabo.eu/feature-war-prisoner-libya

This project is a personal and intuitive attempt in build a narration about all these ones who, ironically, havelost their freedom because of a war created to bring precisely this: “freedom”

This story is mainly motivated because of two experience, strongly linked together. One is my capture andcaptivity by troops loyalist to Gadafi. The other one is the verification, not long time after I was released, ofthe brutal treatment the rebels where giving to the prisoners loyalist to Gadafi´s regime.

Therefore, in addition to trying to talk about the situation of this prisoners, this essay wants to talk about theanger, the fury, the abuse, the torture … but specially, about the self-annihilation by themutilation of big guest of our desires as human beings: freedom.

So, offering my personal experience I can bring the situation of the prisoners closer, make it morecomprehensible… just as the images of the prisoners can shed some light on my experience.

Manu BraboManu Brabo

From the Feature War Prisoner (Libya) Manu Bravo From the Feature War Prisoner (Libya) Manu Bravo

World Press Photo created in 2011 a new category called Multimedia because they were noting thatprofessionals were working on that thin line that separate photojournalism of audiovisual documentary.Analyzing what they were doing, they saw that their work had features that could not be framed in thetraditional reporting journalism.

World Press Photo created in 2011 a new category called Multimedia because they were noting thatprofessionals were working on that thin line that separate photojournalism of audiovisual documentary.Analyzing what they were doing, they saw that their work had features that could not be framed in thetraditional reporting journalism.

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1º Prize World Press Photo 2012 Samuel Aranda1º Prize World Press Photo 2012 Samuel Aranda

1º Prize World Press Photo 2013 Paul Hansen1º Prize World Press Photo 2013 Paul Hansen

1º Prize World Press Photo 2014 John Stanmeyer1º Prize World Press Photo 2014 John Stanmeyer

From Art to JournalismFrom Art to Journalism

Alex Soth(born 1969, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American photographer, notable for "large-scale American projects"featuring the midwestern United States.New York Times art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry withstrangers" and photographs "loners and dreamers“.

Alex Soth(born 1969, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) is an American photographer, notable for "large-scale American projects"featuring the midwestern United States.New York Times art critic Hilarie M. Sheets wrote that he has made a "photographic career out of finding chemistry withstrangers" and photographs "loners and dreamers“.

Soth received a Bachelor of Art degree from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York

Sleeping by the Mississippi. Second printing edition of 25 of themaquette (first hardcover maquette edition),(note: this maquette editionwas originally created by the artist in 2003 and sent to various publishersprior to trade publication by Steidl, thus the "not for sale" label). Seemore at: http://www.vincentborrelli.com/pages/books/110644/alec-soth/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-limited-edition-hardbound-maquette-second-printing#sthash.rbCtY75x.dpuf

In 2004, Soth became a nominee of the Magnum Photos agency and in2008 he became a full member.

Soth has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune andNewsweek.

Soth received a Bachelor of Art degree from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York

Sleeping by the Mississippi. Second printing edition of 25 of themaquette (first hardcover maquette edition),(note: this maquette editionwas originally created by the artist in 2003 and sent to various publishersprior to trade publication by Steidl, thus the "not for sale" label). Seemore at: http://www.vincentborrelli.com/pages/books/110644/alec-soth/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi-limited-edition-hardbound-maquette-second-printing#sthash.rbCtY75x.dpuf

In 2004, Soth became a nominee of the Magnum Photos agency and in2008 he became a full member.

Soth has photographed for The New York Times Magazine, Fortune andNewsweek.

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Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,” 2000https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,” 2000https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,”2000https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Alec Soth from the series, “Sleeping by the Mississippi,”2000https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

The Luckiest Place on Earth Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times MagazineTo accompany the magazine’s cover story on the oil boom in North Dakota, Alec Soth spent a week traveling the state, photographing the localsand talking to them about their lives.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/03/magazine/north-dakota-photos-audio.html#/?slide=3

The Luckiest Place on Earth Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times MagazineTo accompany the magazine’s cover story on the oil boom in North Dakota, Alec Soth spent a week traveling the state, photographing the localsand talking to them about their lives.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/03/magazine/north-dakota-photos-audio.html#/?slide=3

Southern Gothic Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times MagazineHunting for the peculiar soul of Georgia. Photographs by Alec Sothhttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/28/magazine/28Georgia-photoessay-interactive.html?_r=0

Southern Gothic Alec Soth (Magnum) / New York Times MagazineHunting for the peculiar soul of Georgia. Photographs by Alec Sothhttp://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/09/28/magazine/28Georgia-photoessay-interactive.html?_r=0

Soth: “I believe that photography is essentially non-narrative. That, while it aches to tell stories, it doesn’treally tell stories that have a beginning, middle andend. This has constantly frustrated me about themedium, and I’ve been constantly battling it. WhatI’ve come up with, is that when I’m looking at aphotographer’s work, I’m looking as much at thatperson’s experience as a photographer in the world,almost as if they are a first-person narrator, as I’mlooking at the subjects of the photographs.”https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Soth: “I believe that photography is essentially non-narrative. That, while it aches to tell stories, it doesn’treally tell stories that have a beginning, middle andend. This has constantly frustrated me about themedium, and I’ve been constantly battling it. WhatI’ve come up with, is that when I’m looking at aphotographer’s work, I’m looking as much at thatperson’s experience as a photographer in the world,almost as if they are a first-person narrator, as I’mlooking at the subjects of the photographs.”https://distrito47.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/alec-soth-sleeping-by-the-mississippi/

Description / ShowingDescription / Showing

TravelTravel

Narrative / TellingNarrative / Telling

Point of View / Narrator /Storyteller

Outsider

Point of View / Narrator /Storyteller

Outsider

Photographic Art Photographic Art JournalismJournalism

TellingTellingShowingShowing

Dialectics between Description and NarrativeDialectics between Description and Narrative

Tomasz Wiechhttp://vimeo.com/81184665Tomasz Wiechhttp://vimeo.com/81184665

The end of the journeyThe end of the journey


Multimedia/PhotocastMultimedia/Photocast

Panos PicturesPanos Pictures


Napo ImagesNapo Images

Alec SothAlec Soth

World Press PhotoWorld Press Photo

Manu BravoManu Bravo

Matías CostaMatías CostaRafal MilachRafal Milach

Watching the IdentityWatching the Identity

Jordi BernardoJordi Bernardo

Noor ImagesNoor Images

Vu AgencyVu Agency

Sputnik PhotoSputnik Photo

MagnumMagnumPep BonetPep Bonet

AP AgencyAP Agency

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Dziękuję [email protected]

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