Presentation
Mount Gurugú is a human shame at the gates of our country. In this place, located in Moroccan territory, barely three kilometres from the border with Spain, there are around 800 Africans who have only two things in mind: to survive day after day and to be able to cross the double fence that separates poverty from welfare. Some of them have been there for two or three years, living in dramatic conditions, sleeping on the ground or in tents made of plastic and eating what they find in the nearby rubbish dump.
The story of the individual dreams of each of them is shocking. Stories like Cyrille’s. He is the youngest in the camp; 13 years old, he left his country two years ago, at night, so that his mother wouldn’t see him. It took him three months to cross half of Africa, from Cameroon to Morocco. It took him three months to cross half of Africa, from Cameroon to Morocco. He says that when he crossed the Sahara in a truck, the sight of the immensity of the desert horizon gave him so much dread that he blindfolded himself for hours. His dream is not only to reach Spain, his goal is to reach Barcelona. Why? He claims to play football very well and wants to meet his idol, Samuel Etoo.
Biography
Freelance photographer: El País Semanal. EPS, La Vanguardia Magazine, El Mundo, Hachette Filipacchi, El Prado Museum, Ministry of Ecological Transition, Cover agency, MRM- McCann Ericson, Paris Match, Getty Images, Iberdrola company, Capital Energy.
