Almudena Toral

Visual journalist
   
Location: Miami, FL
Nationality: Spanish
Biography: Almudena Toral is a Spanish visual journalist and filmmaker currently based in Miami. She heads the feature visuals team at Univision News Digital – the team covers the U.S. and Latin America through documentaries, photo essays, visuals for... MORE
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Vacation in no man's sea
Copyright Almudena Toral 2024
Updated Jun 2018
Topics photography, Mexico, virality, XV de Rubí, Internet

The village of La Joya (200 people) in rural Mexico made it to global headlines in December of 2016 when a video uploaded to Facebook showing the father of a 15-year-old girl advertising in local slang that everyone was invited to his daughter's quinceañera party went viral. Over a million people said they'd attend over Facebook, celebrities made videos showing support, YouTubers joined the online frenzy. What happens when a town without cell phone reception or Internet becomes a viral phenomenon?

Photo essay published on Univision Digital

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