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My name is Pau de la Calle. I am a freelance photojournalist currently working in Barcelona on current news and long-distance documentary projects. I am graduated with a Higher Degree in Photography. I am specialized in a postgraduate degree in...
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Firefighters work to extinguish several cars on fire due to riots in Barcelona on October 16, 2019, following the sentencing of pro-independence politicians in Catalonia.
The Elite Top Team martial arts gym, in Hospitalet de Llobregat, has been forced to move its training to the streets and public parks after the recent restrictions adopted against Covid-19 by the Generalitat de Catalunya.
On 14th January 2021, the French government advanced the curfew from 6 pm to 6 am, trying to stem the growing wave of Covid-19. During the curfew, Paris and its main monuments remain practically deserted.
Alen R. suffers from Covid-19 and has been unable to see Rosario and Aisha, his wife and daughter, for almost two months. After this time, on February 9, 2021, they can visit him in the box of the Hepatic ICU at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, currently adapted to deal with the pandemic.
A couple cast their vote at the electoral college of the Jaume Fuster Library during the Covid-19 voting time slot for people confined by Covid-19. In Catalonia's Regional Elections on February 14, 2021, in Barcelona, Spain.
A van of the riot unit BRIMO of the Mossos de Esquadra is hit by a Molotov cocktail in Barcelona on February 27, 2021, in the riots surrounding the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel.
Basketball players watch the ball on the basket in the last minute of the Barça vs Real Madrid match of the ACB league on April 11, 2021, in Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona, Spain.
Marian Basa uses her feet to draw a portrait commissioned by a couple in the streets of Barcelona. Marian has arthrogryposis in his hands, and that's why he uses his feet.
The parish of Santa Anna in Barcelona is a well-known social centre in the city with a wide range of social assistance for the most disadvantaged. Space where the homeless can eat in peace and warm up a bit.
In the picture, on April 17th, 2021, a Just Eat delivery company worker picks up his dinner at the parish.
Protest in Paris on Saturday, May 1, 2021 (International worker's day) against the Global Security Law. There have been riots with the police and attacks by anarchist groups against members of the CGT union.
Protest in Paris on Saturday, May 1, 2021 (International worker's day) against the Global Security Law. There have been riots with the police and attacks by anarchist groups against members of the CGT union.
Una jove surt per la porta d'arribades de la Terminal 1 de l'Aeroport del Prat provinent d'un vol de París el maig del 2021. El turisme a Barcelona es reactiva. Des del 7 de juny podran accedir al país viatgers internacionals amb la pauta de vacunació completa. Sense exigir-los una prova PCR negativa. El primer dia en què s'ha aplicat aquesta mesura s'ha reflectit en els 360 vols programats, tant sortides com arribades, a l'Aeroport del Prat. Cent vols més en comparació a la setmana anterior.
A heavy device of the Mossos de Esquadra has executed the eviction of an apartment of Bloc Llavors in the neighbourhood of Poble Sec, where Axel, Arkaitz and Manel lived. During the device, on May 25, 2021, the police charged and the activists have thrown paint, eggs and flour at them.
A group of young people drink alcohol around a sign indicating where a vaccination point against Covid-19 is located, during the big drinkfest that attracted around 40,000 people to Espanya square, last Friday, during the Mercè festivities.
A young man, his legs bloodied, is dragged by a Guardia Urbana anti-riot police officer into the Palau de Congresos to be arrested. A total of twenty arrests were made during Friday night's riots.
Press conference by Xavier Garcia Albiol (PP) on October 22nd, 2021, the current president of Badalona City Council, after the motion of censure presented against him. The opposition groups have allied to kick Albiol out after being implicated in the Pandora Papers as an owner of a company in a tax haven.
View of the volcano's lava flows on November 21st, 2021, from the Time viewpoint, in the municipality of Tijarafe. The lava paints the clouds and the sky red.
The Guardia Costiera rescued 280 people from a drifting wooden boat about 25 nautical miles off Lampedusa, Italy. It took them an hour and forty minutes to arrive. There are three people on board who have died of hypothermia. The Guardia Costiera transferred them without thermal blankets or life jackets to the island of Lampedusa. During the journey, four more people die of hypothermia, as they are soaked.
Aerial image of the deforested forest area where trees were substituted by 1813 marijuana plants in the natural forest of Forat de Bulí, in Catalonia, Spain.
Ansu Fati (10) Futbol Club Barcelona player during the first Champions League matchday of the 2022-23 season, on September 7th, 2022, between FCB and Viktoria Pilsen at Camp Nou.
Robert Lewandowski (9) Futbol Club Barcelona player celebrating a goal during the first Champions League matchday of the 2022-23 season, on September 7th, 2022, between FCB and Viktoria Pilsen at Camp Nou.
On September 26th, 2022, the pyro-musical of the Mercè festivities returned to its iconic format on Maria Cristina avenue with the magical fountain and a soundtrack designed especially for the occasion.
The Castellers of Vilafranca del Penedès load, for the first time in history, the pillar of 9 with lining, handles and struts during the Casteller's day on All Saints' Day, on the 1st of November, 2022.
A Morocco fans juggles with a soccer ball during celebrations in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Morocco beat Spain on penalties in a round of 16 World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar.
Morocco fans celebrate in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, December 6, 2022. Morocco beat Spain on penalties in a round of 16 World Cup soccer tournament in Qatar.
The Hotel Arts in 44 minutes
The image is from December 7, 2023, at 3:08 p.m. After six minutes, the man reached the top, 44 minutes after he started climbing. The illegal climbing of tall buildings in Barcelona is usually carried out by French people, especially in the Glòries Tower. This time it was a Catalan who calls himself Luffy and is from Tarragona. The Urban Guard was waiting for him downstairs.
Argentina fans celebrate in a discotheque in Barcelona, Spain, the victory of Argentina on penalties against the Netherlands in the round of 16 of the World Cup in Qatar, Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
On September 25, 2023, the pyro-musical of the Mercè festivities took place on Maria Cristina Avenue with a show at the Montjuic fountain and a soundtrack designed especially for the occasion.
Plainclothes officers of the Titani group of the Mossos d'Esquadra arrest a thief in search and capture. This group must find and arrest the thieves of luxury watches in Barcelona.