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  / Robert Mañé
 

Tomàs Abella
 
Barcelona 1962. He studied photography at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (Catalonian Institute of Photograph Studies). Between 1988 and 1993, he worked for the newspapers El Observador and Diari de Barcelona. His first assignments as an independent photojournalist document the fall of the Sandinista revolution, the decline of the Salvadoran guerrilla and the tragedy of the Guatemalan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees (1987-1991). In 1998, he covered the devastating Hurricane Mitch that passed through Nicaragua. Between 1992 and 2002, he produced an essay entitled The Children of the Sun |[TV] which gives clear proof of the strong will of resistance of the Quechua and Aymara villages in Bolivia and Peru. Since 1996, he has been documenting cooperation and development projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia for Intermón Oxfam. In 2000, he began a photographic project on immigration in Spain which concluded in 2004 with the publication of the book and exhibition EXIT. In 2004, the International photojournalism festival VISA pour l’Image (France) presented his work. Since 2008, he has been showing the Women of Water / Mujeres de agua / Mulheres de água awareness project on the water problem and its relationship with the women of Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2009, he started a project in Chiapas, Mexico, with Mayan peasant organizations fighting against the impoverishment and emigration caused by deforestation, the use of agrochemicals and the spreading of monoculture agriculture in the region. This photojournalistic report focuses on the agro-ecological farming of cocoa and coffee, which protects tropical rainforests and biodiversity and facilitates sustainable commerce. The first part of this work was presented in Paris in 2010, together with the publication of his book KA'KAW | Legendary Cocoa - Cacao Real from Soconusco. Assisted by: Maria Borrajo.
 
 
Publications



Paris Match
El País Semanal
Le Nouvel Observateur
Intermón Oxfam
Le Point
Ojo de Pez
Interviu
Oxfam Internacional		   The European Newspaper
Geo
El Periódico
Altaïr
Bolivian Times
Foto
Diari de Barcelona
El Observador de la Actualidad
 
 
Exhibitions



Women of Water
Women_of_Water_EN.pdf
Roca Madrid Gallery.Spain.
22-03-20123 > 15-07-2013

Women of Water
Mulheres_de_agua_EN.pdf
Roca Lisboa Gallery. Portugal.
07-11-2012 > 16-02-2013
Extended until 02-03-2013

KA'KAW
Choco-Story Museums (Paris, Praha, Brugge).
Le Musée gourmand du chocolat. Paris.
05-11-2010 > 31-01-2011

Un cacao de légende | A Legendary Cocoa
Cacao Real de Soconusco
Audiovisual projection.
Salon du Chocolat – Paris 2009
14-10-2009 > 16-10-2009

Women of Water
Torreón Fortea. Zaragoza City Council.
International Expo Water and Sustainable Development ExpoZaragoza 2008.
07-08-2008 > 21-09-2008
Sociedad Estatal para Exposiciones Internacionales | España expone

Amatller Institute of Hispanic Art, Barcelona.
11-04-2008 > 18-05-2008
Traveling exhibition [2008 to 2010]
Intermón Oxfam, Obra Social Caja Mediterráneo.

EXIT
Pati Manning, Barcelona.
04-05-2004 > 30-06-2004

Palau Robert, Barcelona.
Audiovisual projection.
07-07-2004

Internacional festival of photojournalism Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan (Francia).
L'EXIL, audiovisual projection (adaptation project EXIT).
September 2004

III Bienal de Fotografia Xavier Miserachs. Palafrugell, Girona.
02-10-2004 > 24-10-2004

 

 

  

CCCB – Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona.
Audiovisual projection and presentation of the book EXIT.
22-11-2004

Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid.
Audiovisual projection and presentation of the book EXIT.
25-11-2004

Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona.
06-09-2006 > 26-09-2006

Traveling exhibition [2004 to 2010]
Fundació Caixa Sabadell.
Obra Social Caja Mediterráneo.

Los Pipitos. Enicaraguako
ELAN-Euskadi. Getaria City Council, Guipúzcoa.
August 2003

Let's break the circle of poverty: education now!
Pati Turull – Headquarters Obra Social Caixa de Sabadell, Barcelona.
2001
Traveling exhibition [2001 to 2004]

Migrations: causes
4º International Meeting of Photojournalism “City of Gijón”.
Audiovisual projection.
2000

Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua: the people affected
Pati Turull – Headquarters Obra Social Caixa de Sabadell, Barcelona.
2000
Traveling exhibition [2000 to 2001]

IHN CA – Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica. Universidad Centroamericana – UCA
2002

Underground
Fundació Pau i Solidaritat, Barcelona.
1997

During cholera outbreaks
Casa Elizalde, Barcelona.
In collaboration with Doctors Without Borders.
06-05-1992 > 07-06-1992