The Chair for Comic Studies SM Foundation-Universitat de València has organised the workshop ‘Del fotoreportaje a la crónica gráfica’, given by the photographer Carlos Spottorno, at the Aula de Cómic de la Universitat, on 16 and 17 July.

The Chair for Comic Studies SM Foundation-Universitat de València has organised the workshop ‘From photo-reportage to graphic chronicle’, given by the photographer Carlos Spottorno, at the Aula de Cómic of the University, on 16 and 17 July. This workshop analyses the rise of photocomic in journalism, studying how traditional photo-reportage formats are losing their audience, while the documentary and journalistic graphic novel is experiencing a moment of splendour and is bringing new paths to journalism. In this workshop, participants are introduced to the genesis of this language and a practical exercise is carried out in which they can experience the different phases of creation in a direct and participative way, starting from a report previously made available to them, working on the sequences, layout and texts.

Carlos Spottorno (Budapest, 1971) is a Spanish documentary photographer whose area of interest focuses on economic, social and political issues. He graduated in Fine Arts and after working as a creative in an advertising agency, he switched to photography in 2001. Since then he has published in national and international media, in particular El País Semanal. Carlos has published five other books: Buscadores de Historia (Blur Ediciones), China Western (La Fábrica), Philosophia Naturalis (self-published), La hora del recreo (teamed with Lünwerg), The Pigs (RM Verlag and Phree) and Wealth Management (RM Verlag and Phree). Winner of the Kassel Photobook Award 2013. Finalist of the Paris Photo Aperture Best Photobook 2013. Special mention for the best photography book PhotoEspaña 2014. Prix Lacritique, Rencontres d'Arles 2014, World Press Photo Award 2003 and 2015. European Press Prize 2019, Innovation Category. Several American Photography. Finalist in Visa d'Or 2008. Finalist in European Publishers Award 2009 and 2013. Finalist in RM Photobook Award 2013. Recipient of the BBVA Foundation Grant for Researchers and Cultural Creators 2015. In 2016, the publishing house Astiberri published the graphic novel Lagrieta, made in collaboration with Guillermo Abril.

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