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Días de silencio
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Días de silencio
2011 - en proceso.
Es mi primer trabajo personal que combina entre texto e imagen un relato en primera persona sobre mis días como periodista local en Veracruz y las secuelas que estos acontecimientos dejaron en mi vida al enfrentarme a la muerte cotidianamente entre los 2011 al 2015. En esos años la guerra contra las drogas encrudeció en Veracruz coincidentemente con el inicio de mi carrera como fotoperiodista. En esos años los asesinatos a la población civil aumentaron siendo el 2011 el año más violento para Veracruz desde hace 20 años; y de igual manera la censura estatal incrementó por el cual en este periodo se registraron 17 periodistas asesinados; entre ellos compañeros y amigos que también estaban reportando esta guerra.
Estos años en conjunto con estos acontecimientos violentos marcaron mi vida, mermaron mi seguridad física, vulnerando también mi salud psicologica por mucho tiempo. Nunca he podido hablar sobre esto, así que, he construido este relato para narrar mi historia y hacer memoria.
Texto: Noche y Día / Veracruz: el último día Por Sergio González Rodríguez.
Days of silence
2011 - in process.
It is my first personal work that combines between text and image a first-person account of my days as a local journalist in Veracruz and the aftermath that these events left in my life as I faced death on a daily basis between 2011 and 2015. In those years the drug war raged in Veracruz coincidentally with the beginning of my career as a photojournalist. In those years the murders of the civilian population increased being 2011 the most violent year for Veracruz for 20 years; and likewise state censorship increased by which in this period 17 journalists were killed; among them colleagues and friends who were also reporting this war.
These years together with these violent events marked my life, diminished my physical safety, and also damaged my psychological health for a long time. I have never been able to talk about it, so I have constructed this story to tell my story and to make memory.
2011 - in process.
It is my first personal work that combines between text and image a first-person account of my days as a local journalist in Veracruz and the aftermath that these events left in my life as I faced death on a daily basis between 2011 and 2015. In those years the drug war raged in Veracruz coincidentally with the beginning of my career as a photojournalist. In those years the murders of the civilian population increased being 2011 the most violent year for Veracruz for 20 years; and likewise state censorship increased by which in this period 17 journalists were killed; among them colleagues and friends who were also reporting this war.
These years together with these violent events marked my life, diminished my physical safety, and also damaged my psychological health for a long time. I have never been able to talk about it, so I have constructed this story to tell my story and to make memory.
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