{"id":8309,"date":"2020-05-25T14:22:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T14:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/calls\/dia-de-africa-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-11-18T01:38:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:38:17","slug":"dia-de-africa-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/en\/dia-de-africa-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Day 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is Africa Day, a continent facing great difficulties, but which is also a living and vibrant territory, with enormous resilience and fighting capacity. From the beginning, it has been very much present in our award, but perhaps not as much as it should be on the international agenda. That is why we are dedicating this space to make visible some of the stories that have come to us over the years through our <a href=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/en\/editions\/\">winners<\/a>, as well as a special collaboration from a member of the jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In spite of the passage of time, his images are still valid. The situations they portray continue to need our attention. They are a reminder that today more than ever solidarity must be multiplied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each photograph is accompanied by a text sent to us by its authors for this occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#f8fafb\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Viaje a la luz<\/em>. 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this series, <strong>Enrique Pimoulier Laspe\u00f1as<\/strong> won the second edition of the Luis Valtue\u00f1a Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"743\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2-743x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8213\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/?attachment_id=8213\" class=\"wp-image-8214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2-743x1024.jpg 743w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2-768x1059.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2-1114x1536.jpg 1114w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-1-2.jpg 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2-729x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8215\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/?attachment_id=8215\" class=\"wp-image-8216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2-729x1024.jpg 729w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2-768x1078.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2-1094x1536.jpg 1094w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-2-2.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"784\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2-784x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8217\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/?attachment_id=8217\" class=\"wp-image-8218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2-784x1024.jpg 784w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2-1175x1536.jpg 1175w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Enrique-Pimoulier-ganador-1998-3-2.jpg 1515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 784px) 100vw, 784px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">\u201cCon esta secuencia he querido destacar, por un lado la situaci\u00f3n de deterioro f\u00edsico de la persona retratada, reflejado en la piel de cara y manos (con profundas arrugas), debido a las duras condiciones de vida y a la exposici\u00f3n prolongada al sol con temperaturas extremas, muy frecuentes en Mauritania. Esto, adem\u00e1s, les provoca habitualmente lesiones oculares de gravedad, tal y como se aprecia en una de las fotograf\u00edas. A pesar de esto, y gracias a la intervenci\u00f3n desinteresada de la Federaci\u00f3n de \u00d3pticos Cione y la ONG Tierra de Hombres, se aprecia la alegr\u00eda en su rostro al comprobar que con unas simples gafas el problema de la falta de visi\u00f3n (importante para todos) ha sido resuelto felizmente\u201d. \u00a9Enrique Pimoulier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fbfbfb\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Ni\u00f1os prisioneros en c\u00e1rceles africanas<\/em>. 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This photograph is part of a report that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fernandomoleres.com\">Fernando <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fernandomoleres.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moleres<\/a> <\/strong>made in the prisons of Sierra Leone, with which he won the 14th edition of the prize. Every morning a handful of prisoners from Pademba&#8217;s central prison are taken to the criminal court. Many of them will need to go dozens of times before being tried, and it may be years before they receive a sentence. There are about 1400 prisoners in the central prison and about 35 were imprisoned as minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/fernando-moleres-ganador-2010-01.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Estas im\u00e1genes, que tuvieron gran repercusi\u00f3n medi\u00e1tica por este premio, otros como el World Press Photo o sus publicaciones en medios, en realidad, no ayudar\u00e1n en nada a la situaci\u00f3n de los menores encarcelados o su posible reintegraci\u00f3n social una vez puestos en libertad. La difusi\u00f3n de informaci\u00f3n sin acci\u00f3n posterior, sirve de poco para las personas reflejadas en las fotograf\u00edas&#8221;. \u00a9Fernando Moleres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Art in Movement<\/em>. 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photographer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ana-palacios.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ana Palacios<\/a><\/strong>, a passionate fan of Africa, has been documenting stories for years that give hope when everything seems to be broken. Simple stories like that of Hamuza, a boy who wants to be a dancer. He lives in Kibuli, a ghetto in Kampala. His mother, a widow, has six children, but can only pay for one school fee. Hamuza and his five siblings alternate and go to school one or two months a year so that all the siblings can go to school at some point during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ART-IN-MOVEMENT-\u00a9ANA-PALACIOS-CESION-UN-USO-A-MEDICOS-DEL-MUNDO-2020-2.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\u201cEl baile es mi vida y lucho a diario para llegar a ser un gran bailar\u00edn. Me veo como alguien que genera cambios positivos en la comunidad, que anima y apoya a los compa\u00f1eros a cumplir sus sue\u00f1os\u201d. Hamuza\/ El arte puede ser una herramienta muy poderosa para el cambio social y este salto es el s\u00edmbolo de su energ\u00eda, su reclamo y su fortaleza. Representa la transformaci\u00f3n, la superaci\u00f3n y el anhelo de un presente m\u00e1s elevado. \u00a9Ana Palacios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fdfdfd\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>Rutas de inmigraci\u00f3n<\/em>. 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This photograph is from the report that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yanniskontos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yannis Kontos <\/a><\/strong>made with the scholarship he received after winning the 10th Luis Valtue\u00f1a Prize (2006). He travelled from the Canary Islands to Mauritania and Senegal, to try to understand why thousands of Africans seek to emigrate every year, even if it is as undocumented immigrants. Risking hard journeys in which, in addition to crossing cities, deserts and seas, they may be victims of human smuggling, or be sent home before reaching their destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/yannis-kontos-beca-2007-038-2.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>Dreaming beyond borders.<\/em> Un inmigrante indocumentado reci\u00e9n llegado a un centro de rehabilitaci\u00f3n de la Cruz Roja. A su llegada a Espa\u00f1a, la mayor\u00eda de los inmigrantes tienen que ser hospitalizados durante varias semanas debido a la hipotermia y la deshidrataci\u00f3n. \u00a9Yannis Kontos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fafcfd\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-very-dark-gray-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><em>La larga noche saharaui. <\/em>2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The territory of Western Sahara is Africa&#8217;s last open archive in the United Nations Decolonisation Committee. Photographer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewmcconnell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andrew McConnell<\/a><\/strong> visited it in 2009, with the grant he received after winning our prize, to photograph its inhabitants and denounce their unjust situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the portrait of Djimi Elghalia, 48 years old, vice-president of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Serious Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH), photographed near the city of El Aai\u00fan, in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/premioluisvaltuena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Andrew-McConnell-beca-2009-07.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>&#8220;Nac\u00ed en Agadir, Marruecos, en 1961. Mi familia fue una de las muchas que huyeron del clima y las condiciones sociales del Sahara Occidental, para buscar trabajo en Marruecos. Muchos saharauis sol\u00edan quedarse en nuestra casa y por eso mi abuela fue arrestada en 1984. Ten\u00eda sesenta a\u00f1os. Nunca la volvimos a ver. En 1986 me mud\u00e9 a El Aai\u00fan para trabajar despu\u00e9s de graduarme en agricultura. Al a\u00f1o siguiente me detuvieron junto con otras quinientas personas por intentar organizar una manifestaci\u00f3n sobre la independencia antes de una gran visita de las Naciones Unidas. Detuvieron a ochenta personas, entre ellas diecinueve mujeres. Me interrogaron y utilizaron la tortura f\u00edsica y psicol\u00f3gica. Me pon\u00edan productos qu\u00edmicos en el pelo que me hac\u00edan desmayar. Me electrocutaron en los brazos y la espalda y me mordieron los perros. M\u00e1s tarde se re\u00edan y dec\u00edan que no hay perros y que debo estar imaginando cosas. Es lo mismo que se ve en Irak, pero aqu\u00ed no tenemos la atenci\u00f3n de los medios para mostrarlo. Fui liberada en 1991 junto con 324 personas, algunas de las cuales hab\u00edan sido retenidas desde la invasi\u00f3n, 78 eran mujeres. <br><br>Fue debido a la presi\u00f3n de organizaciones internacionales como Amnist\u00eda Internacional. De 1994 a 1998 nosotros, las v\u00edctimas, intentamos involucrarnos en el campo de los derechos humanos pero nos enfrentamos a un gran acoso. En 2005 creamos la Asociaci\u00f3n Saharaui de V\u00edctimas de Violaciones Graves de Derechos Humanos Cometidas por el Estado Marroqu\u00ed (ASVDH). Las autoridades marroqu\u00edes impiden que la asociaci\u00f3n funcione a pesar de que el tribunal nos permite trabajar. Trabajamos desde nuestros hogares utilizando Internet y recibimos visitantes internacionales, pero aun as\u00ed Marruecos nos acosa y ahora los extranjeros no pueden visitarnos. Tenemos la convicci\u00f3n de que lograremos la independencia pero depende de la presi\u00f3n internacional.&#8221; Djimi Elghalia\/ \u00a9Andrew MacConnell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew McConnell: &#8220;When you realize what has been happening there, and which is still going on today, it is shocking. Thousands of Sahrawi refugees still live in refugee camps in Algeria today. The conflict with Morocco has never been resolved. This is a people without land, which cannot be photographed on its own territory and must not be forgotten&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#AfricaDay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dedicamos este espacio para visibilizar algunas de las historias que a lo largo de los a\u00f1os nos han llegado a trav\u00e9s de nuestros ganadores, as\u00ed como una colaboraci\u00f3n especial de una miembro del jurado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":8266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[182,183,187],"class_list":["post-8309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","tag-africa-en","tag-ana-palacios-en","tag-yannis-kontos-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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