En El Camino: México, La Ruta de los Migrantes que no Importan
Edu Ponces, Toni Arnau and Eduardo Soteras
Blume
Spanish
Softcover
160 pages
200 x 260 mm
2010
ISBN 9788498014785
The book’s authors have maintained a correspondent in Mexico dedicated exclusively to coverage of Central American migration path that crosses the country to the United States. In this way migrants are victims of attacks and kidnappings perpetrated by corrupt officials and groups linked to drug trafficking. Sexual abuse of men and women round the freight train that most use as transportation, maimed, killed … is the daily life of those who risk their lives for better. This project claims a situation that deserves the label of humanitarian crisis, forgotten by the governments of Central America and Mexico. During the summer of 2010 the authors of the draft again traveled to Mexico with the intention of providing the communities of origin and the Mexicans the severity of the situation of migrants.
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About the Artists
Edu Ponces (b. 1980, Barcelona) is a Spanish photographer. He studied photography and photojournalism at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC). He started his professional career in Latin America where he was the boss of media investigation El Faro (El Salvador), but also collaborated with other international medias like El País, El Mundo, CNN in Spanish, Miami Herald, Clarín, Proceso o Gatopardo, among others. He has dedicated a large part of his professional life to studying two themes: the migration and social violence. He has been a winner and finalist in many international awards like the World Understanding Award 2014 in Picture of the Year International (POYi), best photography book 2010 for Picture of the Year Latinoamericano (POYLatam), international REVELA award, journalism award Gabriel Garcí.
Artist’s Instagram
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Toni Arnau is a photo documentarian whose work has been exhibited in Barcelona, Perpignan, and Rome.
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Eduardo Soteras is a founding member of RuidoPhoto, an organization dedicated to the production of photo documentaries, and the founder of ActiveStills, a collective of Israeli and international photographers focusing on the sociopolitical issues in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
eduardosoteras.com
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About the Publisher
Blume is a Spanish publisher based in Barcelona which has been running for over fifty years. Their published works range from topics like ecology, nature, art, history, architecture, health, natural life, gastronomy, oenology, travel and sports, to children’s and youth books, that is, an editorial catalog that includes, in some way way, all areas of life that can be known through the language of texts and images.
blume.net
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