The personal blog of photographer and photojournalist Charlie Mahoney.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
BBC PUBLICATION
After emailing and calling, calling and emailing, and being close a few times with publication, I finally got my immigrant story on the life of Sub-Saharan Africans in Spain published on the BBC web site. If you'd like to take a look here it is.
Likewise I visited your website via the BBC. I loved the photo story. I've lived in Spain for a couple of years now, and I have found it sad to see these immigrants who obviously want to work, stuck in a position where they more often than not end up working for gangmasters selling counterfeit goods.
Charlie is an acclaimed photojournalist currently based in Barcelona, Spain. His clients and publications include Time Magazine, The Guardian, BBC News, GEO, National Geographic Traveler, Lonely Planet Magazine, The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC), the Council on Foreign Relations, Corriere della Sera Magazine, Intelligent Life, CS Monitor Weekly, 100 Eyes, The Telegraph, Financial Times, Burn, Global Post, Die Tageszeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau and De Standaard.
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5 comments:
Hi Charlie,
I actually ended up on your site coming from the BBC site.
Congratulations on getting published, the pictures and subject are really, really impressive.
I was just in BCN last week and I'm shocked at how invisible the situation is if you stick to the old/touristy areas.
Andrew
Fantastic series, Charlie. Congratulations. I've posted a link on my blog at http://theroughguidetowestafrica.blogspot.com/
Likewise I visited your website via the BBC. I loved the photo story. I've lived in Spain for a couple of years now, and I have found it sad to see these immigrants who obviously want to work, stuck in a position where they more often than not end up working for gangmasters selling counterfeit goods.
Andrew and Richard. Thanks for the props!
Ben- I'm not sure if they are exactly stuck working for gangmasters, but they are left very few options.
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