GORKA LEJARCEGI
Mendata (Bizkaia), 1967
Gorka Lejarcegi has an
advertising degree by the
University of the Basque
Country (EHU-UPV) and a law
degree by UNED (Spanish Open
University). He has
participated in photography
workshops by Juantxu
Rodríguez (UIMP, Santander),
Ferdinando Scianna
(Universidad Complutense, El
Escorial, Madrid) and
Michael Wray (Universidad
Complutense, El Escorial,
Madrid).
His experience as a
journalist started in 1987
working for the magazine
Aldaba in Gernika, the
cycling weekly Pedalier
of Bilbao and the
newspaper El Correo
of Bilbao, for which he made
photographic contributions
while continuing his
studies.
Based in Madrid since 1990,
he is a photographer for
El País, a newspaper for
which he covers all types of
current issues and makes
photographic features. His
photographs have been
published in books and
numerous international
publications via the sales
department of El País.
Gorka Lejarcegi is an
outstanding figure in
photojournalism. No small
images feature in his works.
From the humblest portraits
to the realest of pasts, the
photographic work of the
Biscayan photographer always
leaves a mark wherever it is
published. He is a graphic
reporter for El País
and won the prestigious
award Ortega y Gasset in
2001.
