Samuel Aranda

Samuel Aranda

Photon. 2^nd International Photojournalism Festival.

From May 21 to July 1, 2012

Sala Oberta - La Nau

From Monday to Saturday, from 9 to  20 h. Sunday, from 10 to 14 h.

FOTO WPP : Fatima Al-Qawas conforta a su hijo herido Zayed Al-Qawas en una mezquita utilizada como hospital en Sanaa, Yemen

http://www.samuelaranda.net/

Last year, the Arab Spring showed the world that society is changing. Societies finally wake up to the injustice of corrupted governments, power abuse, and constrained individual liberties. Revolution has broken out, from Egypt to Syria, where people are still paying for their rulers’ despotism, as usual. The media were there for several months, to report on the situation.

But Samuel Aranda tried to cover Yemen, a country with very limited access. No news... Nobody knows what is happening. The perfect place to report on things without the pressure of other media, without indoctrination. He took a photograph in the city of Sanaa which earned him the most prestigious photojournalism prize, the World Press Photo. His photograph travelled the world but it is only a portion of his work. A photojournalist’s job is a lot more than taking photographs. In the exhibition, we see the reality of Yemen, a hermetic country, through the eyes of Samuel, and we recognise feelings that do not have any borders.

Manifestantes reclamando el fin del partido del depuesto presidente Ben Ali, acampados por la  noche en la plaza de la Kasbah, en la ciudad vieja de Túnez