30 May 2013
28 May 2013
27 May 2013
WINNER PHOTOGRAPHS: 2013 FEDERICO MAYOR ZARAGOZA AWARD
800 & sensitivity.olekszojda.com proudly announce: IT'S AWESOME TO BE THE WINNER.
Competition info: here [Spanish].
This year's theme was to foster reflection on development in poor countries, cooperation, fight against inequality and social exclusion.
I submitted four pics, all of which you can see below. All shot in Morocco. I decided to organize them according to what I consider to be the main four components of a developed country. Or four components that have to be present so that an underdeveloped country could move forward.
I'm not saying Morocco has them all. I'm just saying I have seen some pieces of each there. Otherwise there would have been nothing to photograph after all.
Educación / Education
Juventud / Youth
Esperanza / Hope
Participación / Social Engagement
17 May 2013
Yes, he's riding a horse.
This gentleman, as well as his entire family sit there and chat and ride their horse(s) almost every day.
15 May 2013
15-M: two years later
Once again, I'm in Spain this 15th day of May. The day when Madrid & its main square, Puerta del Sol, became the capital city of European & world protesters. Against the System, in favor of the Change. On the radio they've said today it was even part of "Spanish brand" now.
After Madrid came the others: Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Granada, I've never seen such motivation before among the Spaniards; soon New York had its Occupy Wall Street. A world social movement without precedents.
That May 2011 I went to Plaza del Carmen, a small square in front of Granada's Town Hall. Some of my friends and classmates were already there. And I kept coming almost every day. Today I've only seen a small group of mostly middle-aged people.
Chanting in the same way they always do on such occasions. All of these friends of mine I sat next to on that same square are overseas these days.
14 May 2013
05 May 2013
01 May 2013
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