This is my personal recommendation of a photography exhibit currently shown at La Tabacalera, in Embajadores street in Madrid, until June 10th: Gervasio Sánchez was awarded with the Ortega y Gasset Photography prize for his work on lands and peoples who have been suffering war, poverty and violence for decades: Cambodia, the Balkans, Sierra Leona, Liberia, El Salvador, Colombia, Guatemala, etc...
Let me warn you that this is not a compilation of pictures that is going to put a smile on your face, unlike the previous post. But life is about joy, and pain too, don't you think? One of the objectives of Gervasio Sánchez's photography, anyway, is to reflect the dignity of war victims when reclaiming their right to regain happiness.
And this is his speech when receiving the Ortega y Gasset Award, censored, by the way. It's in Spanish, so don't feel obliged to see it if you don't feel like it.
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