People nominee

Monica of Raval is Barcelona's most famous prostitute and a woman with strong character.

After 30 years of hard work she no longer wants to continue this trade but she needs money.

Every day, from dusk to midnight, she goes out to the Raval neighbourhood
looking for new customers to sell her calendars to, her new employment.

For me photography should always tell a story.
With an architect father, his training in photography has been self-taught.
He has used different architectural photography workshops and long-term courses in documentary projects and photographic language at the Fuga and El Observatorio schools, respectively. In all cases in the city of Barcelona (Spain).

His photography tries to draw on the complexity of architectural design, light and shadow to convey the design of space in a simple but efficient way.

His photographic works have a large component of visual narrative and navigate between the documentation of the work and the urban landscape.

Awards:

LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards - Winner (2015)
Prix de la Photographie Paris – Gold in Press/People/Personality (2017)
Umbra International Photography Contest – 3rd place Environmental Portrait Category (2019)
Siena International Photography Awards – Finalist (2019)
Umbra International Photography Contest - People Category Winner (2021)
ND Awards (ND Magazine) 2nd. place in the Architecture / Buildings Category (2022)
Honorable Mentions in Architecture – Chromatic Awards (2022)