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El Clot
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El Clot building is an apartment block that for the last 15 years has been under threat by a City Hall plan that forecasts the demolition of 1,651 homes in El Cabanyal, Valencia’s historic fisherman neighbourhood, in order to extend Blasco Ibanyez Avenue until the seafront. Meanwhile, the City Hall has acquired several homes in the area, to shut and brick them up, waiting for their demolition.
For the last years, tens of homeless gypsy families have occupied and restored some of these empty apartments in El Clot. This has put these families into the police’s and the Court’s spotlight. Recently, the neighbours have come together to defend themselves and to raffle a lot of other holes that they must face on a daily basis, such as exclusion, poverty, racism or real estate mobbing.
About author:
2012 - 2015 Photography Degree, EASD Art and Design College of Valencia.
Master of Fine Art Photography and Professional Projects, LENS School of Visual Arts of Madrid.
Master in Graphic Arts, UPV Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Selected awards
2016.08 · LAF5 Latin American Fotografía 5. New York, U.S.A. Winner.
2016.08 · PEF PARATY EM FOCO 12 Festival Internacional de Fotografia 2016. Paraty, Brazil. Selected.
2016.08 · Festival de Fotografía Internacional en León FFIEL 2016. León, Guanajuato, México. Documental Category. Selected.
2016.06 · MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2016. Moscow, Russia. People - Family Category. First Place Winner.
2016.06 · FINE ART Photography Awards 2nd Edition. London, U.K. Portrait Category. Nominee.
2016.04 · 8th PHOTONIC MOMENTS Month of Photography Festival 2016 - Photon Centre for Contemporary Photography. Ljubljana, Eslovenia. Selected Finalist.
2016.04 · The 11th Annual PALM SPRINGS Photo Festival. California, U.S.A. Finalist.
2016.04 · IPOTY International Photographer of the Year. Photojournalism / Story. Second Place Winner.
2016.04 · SAN JOSE FOTO International Award. San José, Uruguay. First Prize Winner.
2016.04 · ZEISS Photography Award 2016 - WPO SONY World Photography Awards. London, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.03 · CANSON ART School AWARDS 2016. Paris, France. Photography Category. Second Prize Winner.
2016.02 · ONE EYELAND Awards 2015. Chennai, India. Fine Art Portrait Category. Bronze Award.
2016.02 · VIEWFIND Visual Storytelling Grant. San Francisco, U.S.A. Judges’ Special Mention.
2016.02 · GPF Guernsey Photography Festival Prizes 2015. International Student Competition. Guernsey, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.01 · GOMMA Photography Grant 2015. London, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.01 · PDN THE SHOT Sports + Action Photography Contest 2016. New York, U.S.A. First Place Winner.
2015.12 · EMERGENCIAS 2016 Open Call. Centro Cultural de Noáin. Navarra, Spain. Winner.
2015.12 · FIFTH WORLD BIENNIAL Exhibition of Student Photography. Novi Sad, Serbia. Honourable Mention.
2015.11 · Premio Extraordinario de Artes Plásticas y Diseño 2015 de la Conselleria de Educación, Investigación, Cultura y Deporte. Valencia, Spain. Winner.
2015.11 · FotoExtremadura 2015. Extremadura, Spain. Selected.
2015.11 · WARSAW PHOTO DAYS 2015 Festival. Testosterone Open Call. Warsaw, Poland. Finalist.
2015.10 · XXIII Premios de Fotografía Profesional LUX 2015. Barcelona, Spain. Winner.
2015.10 · EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER 2015. New York, U.S.A. Selected.
2015.09 · NANO FESTIVAL de Fotografía 2015. NANO busca un Autor Open Call. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Winner.
2015.09 · WACOM and TRAIN TO CREATE Create More Project Exchange Programme. London, U.K. Selected.
2015.07 · V ENCONTRO DE ARTISTAS NOVOS Cidade da Cultura. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Selected.
2015.06 · KLPA Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2015. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finalist.
2015.05 · BARBASTRO FOTO Festival. Emergentes 2015 Open Call. Barbastro, Spain. Winner.
2015.05 · PDN PHOTO ANNUAL Photography Contest 2015. New York, U.S.A. Student Work Winner.
2015.05 · Public Art Exhibition with JR’s Insideoutproject. Valencia, Spain. Collaboration.
2015.04 · Fundación MAPFRE CULTURA. Photography Contest 2015. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2015.01 · FNAC, OLYMPUS and CHILE TOURISM Photography Contest. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.12 · RPS The Royal Photographic Society - Accademia Apulia UK Photography Award 2014. London, U.K. Finalist.
2014.12 · PH MUSEUM Photographic Museum of Humanity 2015 Grant. Bologna, Italy. Selected.
2014.10 · FORWARD THINKING MUSEUM. JGS Photography Contest 2014. New York, U.S.A. Runner-Up.
2014.09 · Fundación MAPFRE CULTURA. Photography Contest 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.08 · PARATY EM FOCO Festival Internacional de Fotografia 2014. Paraty, Brazil. Selected.
2014.06 · PHOTOESPAÑA International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts. Campus Grant 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.05 · LENS Photography Grant 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.04 · PHOTON International Photojournalism Festival. Novel Authors Grant 2014. Valencia, Spain. Finalist.
Selected exhibitions
2016.10 · EMERGENCIAS 2016. Centro Cultural de Noáin, Navarra, Spain. 6 - 28 October 2016. Solo exhibition. Upcoming!
2016.09 · Festival de Fotografía Internacional en León FFIEL 2016. Museo de la ciudad de León, Guanajuato, México. 2 September - 20 October 2016. Group exhibition. Upcoming!
2016.07 · MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2016. Na Kashirke Gallery, Moscow, Russia. 20 July - 7 August 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.06 · AMSTEL ART. Veles e Vents Building, Valencia, Spain. 14 June - 30 September 2016. Solo exhibition.
2016.06 · XXIII Premios de Fotografía Profesional LUX 2015. Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas, Parque de El Retiro, Madrid, Spain. 2 - 27 June 2016. Group exhibition.*
2016.04 · ZEISS Photography Award 2016. WPO SONY World Photography Awards Exhibition. Somerset House, London, U.K. 22 April - 8 May 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.04 · Photo Patagonia 2016. I Festival Internacional de Fotografía Analógica. Complejo Cultural Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Patagonia Argentina. 22 - 30 April 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.03 · CANSON ART School AWARDS 2016. 59Rivoli Gallery, Paris, France. 18 March - 10 April 2016. Group exhibition.*
2016.02 · 2016 Photo Award Exhibition. Boyd School Studios, Melbourne, Australia. 4 - 20 February 2016. Group exhibition.
2015.12 · XXI Certamen de Fotografía Vila de Paterna. Sala Municipal de Exposiciones, Paterna, Valencia, Spain. 17 December 2015 - 15 January 2016. Group exhibition.*
2015.12 · FIFTH WORLD BIENNIAL Exhibition of Student Photography. Rectorate Gallery, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. 15 December 2015 - 15 January 2016. Group exhibition.*
2015.11 · NANO FESTIVAL de Fotografía 2015. FOLA Fototeca Latinoamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 25 - 29 November 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.11 · WARSAW PHOTO DAYS 2015 Festival. No4 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland. 20 November - 15 December 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.08 · KLPA Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards. The Whitebox Gallery - Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1 - 15 August 2015. Group exhibition.*
2015.06 · Latitud Cero Exhibition. The Showroom, Madrid, Spain. 5 June - 1 October 2015. Group exhibition.*
2015.06 · BARBASTRO FOTO Festival. Sala El Moliné, Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. 1 - 28 June 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.05 · Public Art Exhibition with JR’s Insideoutproject. Valencia, Spain. 1 May 2015. Solo exhibition.
2015.01 · RPS The Royal Photographic Society - Accademia Apulia UK Photography Award 2014. The London College of Communication, London, U.K. 12 - 17 January 2015. Group exhibition.
*Edited catalog
For the last years, tens of homeless gypsy families have occupied and restored some of these empty apartments in El Clot. This has put these families into the police’s and the Court’s spotlight. Recently, the neighbours have come together to defend themselves and to raffle a lot of other holes that they must face on a daily basis, such as exclusion, poverty, racism or real estate mobbing.
About author:
2012 - 2015 Photography Degree, EASD Art and Design College of Valencia.
Master of Fine Art Photography and Professional Projects, LENS School of Visual Arts of Madrid.
Master in Graphic Arts, UPV Polytechnic University of Valencia.
Selected awards
2016.08 · LAF5 Latin American Fotografía 5. New York, U.S.A. Winner.
2016.08 · PEF PARATY EM FOCO 12 Festival Internacional de Fotografia 2016. Paraty, Brazil. Selected.
2016.08 · Festival de Fotografía Internacional en León FFIEL 2016. León, Guanajuato, México. Documental Category. Selected.
2016.06 · MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2016. Moscow, Russia. People - Family Category. First Place Winner.
2016.06 · FINE ART Photography Awards 2nd Edition. London, U.K. Portrait Category. Nominee.
2016.04 · 8th PHOTONIC MOMENTS Month of Photography Festival 2016 - Photon Centre for Contemporary Photography. Ljubljana, Eslovenia. Selected Finalist.
2016.04 · The 11th Annual PALM SPRINGS Photo Festival. California, U.S.A. Finalist.
2016.04 · IPOTY International Photographer of the Year. Photojournalism / Story. Second Place Winner.
2016.04 · SAN JOSE FOTO International Award. San José, Uruguay. First Prize Winner.
2016.04 · ZEISS Photography Award 2016 - WPO SONY World Photography Awards. London, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.03 · CANSON ART School AWARDS 2016. Paris, France. Photography Category. Second Prize Winner.
2016.02 · ONE EYELAND Awards 2015. Chennai, India. Fine Art Portrait Category. Bronze Award.
2016.02 · VIEWFIND Visual Storytelling Grant. San Francisco, U.S.A. Judges’ Special Mention.
2016.02 · GPF Guernsey Photography Festival Prizes 2015. International Student Competition. Guernsey, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.01 · GOMMA Photography Grant 2015. London, U.K. Shortlisted.
2016.01 · PDN THE SHOT Sports + Action Photography Contest 2016. New York, U.S.A. First Place Winner.
2015.12 · EMERGENCIAS 2016 Open Call. Centro Cultural de Noáin. Navarra, Spain. Winner.
2015.12 · FIFTH WORLD BIENNIAL Exhibition of Student Photography. Novi Sad, Serbia. Honourable Mention.
2015.11 · Premio Extraordinario de Artes Plásticas y Diseño 2015 de la Conselleria de Educación, Investigación, Cultura y Deporte. Valencia, Spain. Winner.
2015.11 · FotoExtremadura 2015. Extremadura, Spain. Selected.
2015.11 · WARSAW PHOTO DAYS 2015 Festival. Testosterone Open Call. Warsaw, Poland. Finalist.
2015.10 · XXIII Premios de Fotografía Profesional LUX 2015. Barcelona, Spain. Winner.
2015.10 · EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER 2015. New York, U.S.A. Selected.
2015.09 · NANO FESTIVAL de Fotografía 2015. NANO busca un Autor Open Call. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Winner.
2015.09 · WACOM and TRAIN TO CREATE Create More Project Exchange Programme. London, U.K. Selected.
2015.07 · V ENCONTRO DE ARTISTAS NOVOS Cidade da Cultura. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Selected.
2015.06 · KLPA Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2015. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finalist.
2015.05 · BARBASTRO FOTO Festival. Emergentes 2015 Open Call. Barbastro, Spain. Winner.
2015.05 · PDN PHOTO ANNUAL Photography Contest 2015. New York, U.S.A. Student Work Winner.
2015.05 · Public Art Exhibition with JR’s Insideoutproject. Valencia, Spain. Collaboration.
2015.04 · Fundación MAPFRE CULTURA. Photography Contest 2015. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2015.01 · FNAC, OLYMPUS and CHILE TOURISM Photography Contest. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.12 · RPS The Royal Photographic Society - Accademia Apulia UK Photography Award 2014. London, U.K. Finalist.
2014.12 · PH MUSEUM Photographic Museum of Humanity 2015 Grant. Bologna, Italy. Selected.
2014.10 · FORWARD THINKING MUSEUM. JGS Photography Contest 2014. New York, U.S.A. Runner-Up.
2014.09 · Fundación MAPFRE CULTURA. Photography Contest 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.08 · PARATY EM FOCO Festival Internacional de Fotografia 2014. Paraty, Brazil. Selected.
2014.06 · PHOTOESPAÑA International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts. Campus Grant 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.05 · LENS Photography Grant 2014. Madrid, Spain. Winner.
2014.04 · PHOTON International Photojournalism Festival. Novel Authors Grant 2014. Valencia, Spain. Finalist.
Selected exhibitions
2016.10 · EMERGENCIAS 2016. Centro Cultural de Noáin, Navarra, Spain. 6 - 28 October 2016. Solo exhibition. Upcoming!
2016.09 · Festival de Fotografía Internacional en León FFIEL 2016. Museo de la ciudad de León, Guanajuato, México. 2 September - 20 October 2016. Group exhibition. Upcoming!
2016.07 · MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2016. Na Kashirke Gallery, Moscow, Russia. 20 July - 7 August 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.06 · AMSTEL ART. Veles e Vents Building, Valencia, Spain. 14 June - 30 September 2016. Solo exhibition.
2016.06 · XXIII Premios de Fotografía Profesional LUX 2015. Centro Cultural Casa de Vacas, Parque de El Retiro, Madrid, Spain. 2 - 27 June 2016. Group exhibition.*
2016.04 · ZEISS Photography Award 2016. WPO SONY World Photography Awards Exhibition. Somerset House, London, U.K. 22 April - 8 May 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.04 · Photo Patagonia 2016. I Festival Internacional de Fotografía Analógica. Complejo Cultural Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, Patagonia Argentina. 22 - 30 April 2016. Group exhibition.
2016.03 · CANSON ART School AWARDS 2016. 59Rivoli Gallery, Paris, France. 18 March - 10 April 2016. Group exhibition.*
2016.02 · 2016 Photo Award Exhibition. Boyd School Studios, Melbourne, Australia. 4 - 20 February 2016. Group exhibition.
2015.12 · XXI Certamen de Fotografía Vila de Paterna. Sala Municipal de Exposiciones, Paterna, Valencia, Spain. 17 December 2015 - 15 January 2016. Group exhibition.*
2015.12 · FIFTH WORLD BIENNIAL Exhibition of Student Photography. Rectorate Gallery, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia. 15 December 2015 - 15 January 2016. Group exhibition.*
2015.11 · NANO FESTIVAL de Fotografía 2015. FOLA Fototeca Latinoamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 25 - 29 November 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.11 · WARSAW PHOTO DAYS 2015 Festival. No4 Gallery, Warsaw, Poland. 20 November - 15 December 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.08 · KLPA Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards. The Whitebox Gallery - Publika, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1 - 15 August 2015. Group exhibition.*
2015.06 · Latitud Cero Exhibition. The Showroom, Madrid, Spain. 5 June - 1 October 2015. Group exhibition.*
2015.06 · BARBASTRO FOTO Festival. Sala El Moliné, Barbastro, Huesca, Spain. 1 - 28 June 2015. Solo exhibition.*
2015.05 · Public Art Exhibition with JR’s Insideoutproject. Valencia, Spain. 1 May 2015. Solo exhibition.
2015.01 · RPS The Royal Photographic Society - Accademia Apulia UK Photography Award 2014. The London College of Communication, London, U.K. 12 - 17 January 2015. Group exhibition.
*Edited catalog