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A New Look at Humanitarian Photography

As part of the programme of the World Press Photo 2021 exhibition and L’Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, the Doctors without Borders (MSF) project EnfocAH is jointly organising with the CCCB three sessions of debates, documentary cinema, and fusion of photographic coverage and music, which are to be held from 21 to 29 November.

Pablo Tosco, Samuel Arand and Silvia Fernández

Photojournalism Doesn’t Change the World but Reveals It

The years go by and the debate about what photojournalism should be is still being discussed. The photojournalists Samuel Aranda and Pablo Tosco, both with wide experience in the profession, offer the occasion to reflect on the need for a fresh look at photojournalism and its ability to have ...

Instants of an Imperfect World

An immersive experience

Musicians, composers, and performers have taken their inspiration from photographic coverage of several humanitarian crises to create the original soundtrack for this work.

Stop Filming Us

Joris Postema, Bernadette Vivuya, François Dumont and Sílvia Omedes

What message is constructed by the media and from the western cultural domain about what is happening in developing countries? Can a western filmmaker show the reality of humanitarian situations and conflict in the so-called global south? Following the screening of the documentary Stop Filming Us, the discussion in this session is about the extent to which “good intentions” perpetuate stereotypes and can cause frustration.