BIO
Born in Santa Coloma de Gramanet, Barcelona, to a family of Andalusian immigrants from Castro del Rio and Priego de Córdoba, he primarily uses photography and video to document human stories around the world. He has completed projects in countries such as Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, and China.
He collaborates with media such as The New York Times and El País, and has also carried out projects with National Geographic, Stern and Le Monde.
He has received the World Press Photo of the Year Award in 2012 and the Ortega y Gasset Award in 2016, among others. He also received a BBVA creative grant for his project “On the Banks of the Nile” in 2016, and a grant for his project “Territori” from the Vila Casas Foundation in 2020.
In 2024, he carried out his project “Après cent ans” (After a hundred years) with the Cervantes Institute in Paris, documenting the course of the Seine River and the reopening of bathing after a hundred years of prohibition.
He is a member of and represented by the British agency PANOS. He lives between Paris and the Empordà region.
Samuel Aranda in Montphoto
2025
Getting lost should be mandatory
Friday
20:00
Main Auditorium
After years of traveling the world and documenting conflicts in countries like Yemen, Libya, Lebanon, and Gaza, the author reflects on his relationship with the media, his most personal work, and a constant search to lose himself again, to return to the beginnings of what was simply a passion: photography and documenting. To recover that creative freedom without being bound by assignments, deadlines, or editorial guidelines.
During the presentation, he will showcase his latest projects completed in France, where he currently resides in Paris.
