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Tomàs Abella
 
Barcelona 1962. He studied photography at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (Catalonian Institute of Photograph Studies). Between 1988 and 1993, he worked for El Observador and El Diari de Barcelona. His first assignments as an independent photojournalist document the fall of the Sandinista revolution, the decline of the Salvadoran guerrilla and the tragedy of the Guatemalan, Salvadoran and Nicaraguan refugees (1987-1991). In 1998, he covered the devastating Hurricane Mitch that passed through Nicaragua. Between 1992 and 2002, he produced an essay entitled “The Children of the Sun” which gives clear proof of the strong will of resistance of the Quechua and Aymara villages in Bolivia and Peru. Since 1996, he has been documenting cooperation and development projects in Africa, Latin America and Asia for Intermón Oxfam. In 2000, he began a photographic project on immigration in Spain which concluded in 2004 with the publication of the book and exhibition EXIT. In 2004, the international photojournalism festival VISA pour l’Image (France) presented his work. In 2008, he concluded the “Women of Water” awareness project on the water problem and its relationship with the women of Sub-Saharan Africa.
 
 
Publications



Paris Match
El País Semanal
Le Nouvel Observateur
Intermón Oxfam
Le Point
Ojo de Pez
Interviu
Oxfam Internacional		   The European Newspaper
Geo
El Periódico
Altaïr
Bolivian Times
Foto
Diari de Barcelona
El Observador de la Actualidad
 
 
Exhibitions



Women of Water
Torreón Fortea. Zaragoza City Council.
International Expo "Water and Sustainable Development" ExpoZaragoza 2008
07-08-2008 > 21-09-2008

Amatller Institute of Hispanic Art, Barcelona.
11-04-2008 > 18-05-2008
Traveling exhibition.
Intermón Oxfam, Obras Sociales Caja Mediterráneo.

EXIT
Pati Manning, Barcelona.
04-05-2004 > 30-06-2004

Palau Robert, Barcelona.
Audiovisual projection.
07-07-2004

Iinternacional Festival of Photojournalism Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan (Francia).
EXIT (l’Exil)
September 2004

III Bienal de Fotografia Xavier Miserachs. Palafrugell, Girona.
02-10-2004 > 24-10-2004

CCCB – Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona.
Audiovisual projection and presentation of the book EXIT.
22-11-2004

Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid.
Audiovisual projection and presentation of the book EXIT.
25-11-2004

Tecla Sala, L’Hospitalet, Barcelona.
06-09-2006 > 26-09-2004

Traveling exhibition. (2004 – 2007)
Fundació Caixa Sabadell.
Obras Sociales Caja Mediterráneo.

  

Los Pipitos. Enicaraguako
ELAN-Euskadi. Getaria City Council, Guipúzcoa.
August 2003

Let's break the circle of poverty: education now!
Edifici Obra Social Caixa de Sabadell, Sabadell, Barcelona.
2001
Traveling exhibition.

Migrations: causes
4º International Meeting of Photojournalism “City of Gijón”.
Audiovisual projection.
2000

Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua: the people affected
Edifici Obra Social Caixa de Sabadell, Sabadell.
2000
Traveling exhibition.

IHN CA - Instituto de Historia de Nicaragua y Centroamérica. Universidad Centroamericana – UCA
2002

Underground
Fundació Pau i Solidaritat, Barcelona.
1997

During cholera outbreaks
Casa Elizalde, Barcelona.
In collaboration with Doctors Without Borders
06-05-1992 > 07-06-1992