Diego Ibarra Sánchez

Photographer

www.diegoibarra.com

GETTY IMAGES reportage AWARDS 2020

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Location: Beirut, Lebanon

Nationality: Spanish

Biography: Diego Ibarra Sánchez 1982, Spain www.diegoibarra.com Diego Ibarra Sánchez is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in Lebanon. Diego assumes a very critical stance regarding the use of images in our own society, defining... read on

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April 9th, 2020. Solitude. Issues across the Middle East world have taken a back seat in mainstream news bulletins and are generally absent on social media. The Lebanese social-political and economic crisis have been overlooked in the battle against the coronavirus while Lebanon struggles to cope with COVID-19 Dystopia aims to explore the tensions between a political, social, and cultural state of the world after been sacked by COVID -19 and confronting the idea that the future is already here . Dystopia´s project articulate a dystopian landscape from more than 18 photographers and explore their experience of fear, isolation, lost, hope and resilience proposing a future dystopia through images of the present. Dystopia presents a personal photographic work as a “narrative arc” as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, and its effects reverberate around the world creating a new social fabric mosaic of challenges “Our civilization is flinging itself to pieces. Stand back from the centrifuge.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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April 28th, 2020. Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Mahmood, A syrian refugee from Homs, asks for medication to a member of Endless Medical advantage EMA mobile health clinic provides regular, affordable, and accessible healthcare to 13 camps in the Al Marj and Saadnayel areas (approximately 3,500 people) In a population with limited access to healthcare services, primary healthcare and health education with basic first aid skills are essential. Diego Ibarra Sánchez

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April, 11th,2020. Aamchit, Lebanon. A Christian prays devotedly during the Goof Friday to commemorate and remember the events leading up to Jesus' crucifixion.Good Friday in Lebanon was tinged for the first time with fear and anxiety over theoutbreak of coronavirus, as the number of infections continues to increase inthe country. ©Diego Ibarra Sánchez © CovidTimesProject

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GETTY IMAGES reportage AWARDS 2020

diego ibarra sánchez

Jul 31, 2020

Location: Lebanon

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I'm honored to announce that I am a recipient of the annual Getty Images Reportage Grant. This grant will allow me to continue documenting my ongoing project "The Phoenician Collapse" in Lebanon during these dystopian times. I´m so thrilled to see my name among these amazing friends and photographers: @Fabio Bucciarelli @TommasoProtti @Forough Alaei Florence Goupil @Shi Yangkun Ingmar Björn Nolting

http://press.gettyimages.com/getty-images-awards-40000-to-photojournalists-documenting-the-impact-of-the-pandemic-on-their-communities/

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