A member of the Magnum agency since 1976, his agency documentary project on the Nicaragua insurgency marked a turning point in his career.
PHotoESPAÑA 2022 has recognized the work and career of American photographer Susan Meiselas with the special prize awarded by the competition in each of its editions.
A member of the Magnum agency since 1976, his documentary project for the agency on the Nicaragua insurgency was a turning point in his career, while simultaneously shifting the international community’s gaze to the situation in the Central American country.
From then on, Meiselas’ career was closely tied to political and social conflict with coverage of humanitarian crises in Chile, El Salvador and the United States-Mexico border. Likewise, he has done several jobs in his native country.
In an edition of PHotoESPAÑA in which one of the keys to documentary-style photography, Susan Meiselas’ work can be found within the ‘Sculpting Reality’ project of the guest curators of PHotoESPAÑA 2022, Vicente Todolí and Sandra Guimarães.
In addition, the prize for the best photo book of the year in this edition has recognized ‘Shifters’, by Marta Bogdanska, in the international category; Martin Chambere. Photos’, in the national category; ‘A same luta’, by Rosa Jandira Gauditano, in the self-published category; and RM, as Publisher of the Year.
For its part, the gallery Moisés Pérez de Albéniz, with the exhibition ‘Do not cross. Unpublished photos 70’s – 80’s, by Antoni Miralda, have won the OFF award. The photographer Jorge López is the winner of the PHotoESPAÑA 2022 Discoveries Award for his project El Clot.
On the other hand, the festival also wanted to commemorate the figure of Barbara Allende, Ouka Leele, one of the most outstanding and original figures of contemporary Spanish photography and representative of the mythical Madrid Movida.
On Tuesday, June 7, in the garden of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum, an act in which the PHotoESPAÑA Honor Award was presented to their relatives and in which the film director Rafael Gordón and the actress Ángela Molina took part.
In addition, and thanks to the collaboration of the City Council of Madrid, Callao’s screens have been a reminder of Ouka Leele’s career throughout the day through some of his most iconic images.
Source: La Verdad
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