08.03.2019 Fernando Moleres

Personal Best vol.17 | Fernando Moleres

Fernando Moleres

Nacido en Bilbao (1963 ) y con base  en Barcelona.
Enfermero de profesión  Universidad P.V
Fotógrafo profesional desde 1991

Mi cuerpo de trabajo refleja mi creencia en el papel de la fotografía como un instrumento de testimonio y concienciación para el cambio.

Durante más de 27 años, he fotografiado asuntos de actualidad relacionados con los derechos humanos y medio ambiente.
La fotografía documental es, para mí, una actitud de vida, una herramienta que me permite abordar situaciones que me cautivan, me preocupan y me alientan a participar.
Ser un profesional independiente me permite trabajar en proyectos personales durante un largo período de tiempo.

Premios y Becas

– Tim Hetherington Grant 2012. World Press Photo

– Lucie Awards 2012  Deeper Perspective  Award. L.A , USA. Waiting for Justice

– World Press Photo 2011, “Waiting for Justice” Daily life series.

– POY, World Understanding Award. Picture of the Year 2011. EEUU

– 8th Vevey. Suiza. Leica prize. May 2011. Waiting for Justice

–  Finalista W. Eugene Smith 2011 New York City – EEUU. Waiting for Justice

– Luis Valtueña, premio internacional 2010, España. Waiting for Justice

– World Press Photo 2002, Burning Man, series categoria  arte

– W. Eugene Smith Grant 1999 ( 2ª premio). New YorkC. USA Explotación laboral infantil

– World Press Photo 1998, daily life series.                               Explotación laboral infantil

– Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundacion , 1996. Suecia.        Explotación laboral infantil

– International Prize “Juan Carlos Rey de España”, 1995.       Explotación laboral infantil

– Mother Jones Grant , 1994. Los Angeles, USA.                    Explotación laboral infantil

PUBLICACIONES (reportajes ) :

Stern, Le Figaro Magazine , Le Monde 2, Specchio, La Republica, El Pais Semanal, The Independent, The Sunday Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Days Japan, lightbox TIME…

EXHIBICIONES  (SOLO)

– Melting Landscapes fotografia y videoinstalacion en la sala la Florida-Hospitalet, mayo 2019

 – Nuit de la Photo, 17 /2/1018 Switzerland                      Internet addicts in China

– ArtsFor , Digital Week,Marz 2018. Milan                    Internet addicts in China

–  Galeria Fuji  Tokyo Jan. 2018                                       Melting landscapes, Global warming

– Museo de las Peregrinaciones, oct 2017                          Agion Oros

– Centro Santa Mónica , Barcelona, 2016                          Nous Relats

– DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague Feb 2016     Child labour in “The color of money”

– Galeria Tache. Barcelona Jul-sept 2015                          Melted Landscapes en  Groenlandia

– DOCfield  2015 Barcelona                                                Melted Landscapes en  Groenlandia

– Noorderlicht  (Holland) 2015                                                         Internet addicts en China

– Bronx Documentary Center (NYC) Oct 2014                      Breaking the Circle, Sierra Leone

–  Teatro Nacional de Bruselas  oct.2013                              Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Moving Walls  2013 in NYC y Washington                       Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Yangon Photo Festival 2013                                              Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Anthropographia, 2012 Montreal                                      Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Festival Images , Vevey  Switzerland Sept. 2012.             Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone  

–  IVAM (Museo de Arte Moderno – Valencia) May. 2012  Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  The Saatchi  Gallery,  London( feb-2012) colectiva Explotación laboral infantil

   The Sunday Times Magazine 50th Anniversary Photography Exhibition

–  FotoEvidence Gallery, NYC, Oct 2011                             Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Newseum. Washington April 2011                                   Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Visa   pour l´image. Francia, Sept.  2011                          Waiting for Justice, Sierra Leone

–  Expo Photo Month  Krakow Polonia June 2008                           Explotación laboral infantil

–  Fundación Telefónica- Ayto Lima, Peru. Mayo 2008                              Explotación laboral infantil

–  Caja Canarias,  Tenerife.  Febr. 2008                                                Exodo en Rwanda 1996

–  Side Gallery Newcastle-England      Oct-Nov 2005                      Explotación laboral infantil

–  Dunkers Kulturhus , Helsinborg  Suecia 2005                              Explotación laboral infantil

–  Noordelicht Photofestival , Holanda 2003                                                Explotación laboral infantil                          

–  Gallery Dupon , Paris.    Mayo 2003                                     Cristianos Ortodoxos en Etiopia

–  Museum of Pilgrimage , Santiago Compostela 2002.             Cristianos Ortodoxos en Etiopia

–  Photo festival de Honfleur, Mayo 2001. Francia.                          Explotación laboral infantil                         

–  Visa pour L´Image  2000,  Francia                                                Explotación laboral infantil

–   PHotoEspaña 2000                                                                       Explotación laboral infantil                       

LIBROS

STOLEN CHILDHOOH

Explotación laboral infantil Publicado por : Peliti (Italia), Braus (Alemania), Acte Sud (Francia), Lunwerg y la edición International por la   OIT

HOMBRES DE DIOS
Uomini di Dio (Italia), Images de la Foi ( Francia), Lives of Devotion (USA &Canada)         publicado por Rizzoli International; Hombres de Dios  publicado por  La Esfera (España)

 WAITING FOR JUSTICE, SIERRA LEONA  finalista of European Publishers  Award  for Photograpy  2012.

 BREAKING THE CIRCLE . Finalist FotoEvidence Book Award 2014, New York

 

 

Gears:

  • FUJIFILM GFX 50S
  • GF120mmF4 R LM OIS WR Macro
  • FUJIFILM X-T1
  • XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR
  • XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS
  • XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR
  • XF50-140mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR

For more than 25 years, I have photographed current events related to human rights. Some of these stories, such as child labor exploitation or minors in jail, deliver unquestionable evidence of situations that should be resolved. Nowadays I am focused on climate change.

Documentary photography is, for me, a life-affirming attitude, a tool that lets me approach situations that captivate me, concern me, and encourage me to take part. Being a freelancer lets me work on personal projects over a long period of time.

This photo was taken during my first trip to Greenland. I was in Qequertarsuaq Harbor, waiting for the boat back, and I saw this spectacle of clouds folded against the mountains of the island. I quickly grabbed my camera and went to the other side of the village to photograph the sky with the icebergs at DiskoBay

Shot on X-T1 with XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS August 17, 2014 Fernando Moleres

From August 2015 until September 2017, I made several trips to Greenland and Iceland to photograph the places most vulnerable to the effects of a warming planet. My goal is both to make a statement about climate change and to capture the aesthetic beauty of these monochromatic landscapes, to show the harshness and, at the same time, the fragility of the Arctic.

I didn’t want to emphasize colors or size. My intention was to reduce the context radically, to the point that it erases any visual reference and creates empty spaces. The witnesses and the emptiness work as a symbol of a place that could disappear.

X-T1 & XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR

Sled dogs in Ilulissat, west Greenland.

GFX 50S & GF120mmF4 R LM OIS WR Macro

Vatnajokull is a massive glacier that covers around 8% of Iceland.
But Iceland’s glaciers continue to melt — the island loses about 11 billion tons of ice per year.
Scientists say the geological record from the end of the last ice age indicates that Iceland saw an increase in volcanic activity after the glaciers retreated.
The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull colored Icelandic glaciers

X-T1 & XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

The marine ice starts to break in Disko Bay, Greenland. In earlier times, the natives used the frozen sea as a huge “road” to travel and hunt, but today, due to global warming, the ice cap is weak and dangerous to travel on.

X-T1 & XF50-140mmF2.8 R LM OIS WR

One of the best landscapes that I have ever seen is the Jakobshavn Glacier icefjord, where giant
icebergs are trapped at the mouth of the fjord just before they are released into the sea.

X-T1 & XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

The hardest landscapes to access were the sea in Greenland. The subzero temperatures meant I had to wear three layers of clothing. I always traveled with local fishermen to photograph Jakobshanvn Glacier and took ferry boats to move about in Disko Bay. Navigating near the giant icebergs is pretty dangerous, because if they break, they create big waves that would capsize the boat, and falling into the sea means certain death.

GFX 50S & GF120mmF4 R LM OIS WR Macro

Taking photos with the GFX camera (like this one) is a great pleasure, because you know that the details it captures will allow you to create giant prints with excellent sharpness.

X-T1 & XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR

For me, this photo represents climate change. These landscapes of ice formed in an immemorial time are like time capsules that drift silently towards the fading horizon, there on the limits of what’s visible.

X-T1 & XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R LM OIS

Icebergs from Jakobshavn Glacier melting in Disko Bay above the Arctic Circle.
The marine ice has decreased by nearly 70 % in the summer since 1950, and in a few years, the Arctic Sea will be free of ice, opening up the Northern Passage and including the Artic Sea in the world’s maritime routes.

GFX 50S & GF120mmF4 R LM OIS WR Macro

The death of the icebergs on the beaches in southern Iceland.

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