Edu Ponces
Photography and Journalism
Barcelona, 1980. Studied photography and photojournalism at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC). He started his professional career in Latin America where he was the boss of media investigation El Faro (El Salvador), but also collaborated with other international medias like El País, El Mundo, CNN in Spanish, Miami Herald, Clarín, Proceso o Gatopardo, among others. He has dedicated a large part of his professional life to studying two themes: the migration and social violence. He has been a winner and finalist in many international awards like the World Understanding Award 2014 in Picture of the Year International (POYi), best photography book 2010 for Picture of the Year Latinoamericano (POYLatam), international REVELA award, journalism award Gabriel García Márquez devoted to the FNPI or the National journalism and human rights award of El Salvador among others.
He gives classes on a regular basis at the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC), the school CFD of Barcelona and the master of photojournalism at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB). He is a founding partner of RUIDO Photo.
Primary
Exhibitions
Primary - En la primera línea de la deforestación
Photography
Un desierto verde
Photography
África con voz de mujer
Exhibitions
THE BACKWAY
Books
Effects of Hate
Exhibitions
International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) Face to Face with Violence
Exhibitions
The Backway: from Africa to Europe
Photography
The Backway: the whole migratory route
Exhibitions
The First Covid ICU
Photography
The Backway - La Vanguardia
Media
The Central Americans
Media
The Dark Land - El Faro
Media
On the Road - Publications
Media
Various projects
Media
Mission, vision and values
What is RUIDO?
Financial transparency
What is RUIDO?
África in feminine
Exhibitions
16 Neighborhoods, Thousand Cities
Photography
Exhibition: Sixteen Neighborhoods, Thousand Cities
Exhibitions
Africa in feminine: struggles and victories of women in Gambia
Photography
The Backway: at the origins of African migration
Exhibitions
The Central Americans
Photography
Portfolio Review
Services
The Mud of Europe
Photography
Stay Alive - MSF
360º Video
Dark Land
Photography
The Mud of Europe. Street Exhibition
Exhibitions
Photobooth on Caixaforum
Exhibitions
Beyond The Paradise
Photography
Maria in No Man’s Land
Audiovisual
10 years of RUIDO Photo
Exhibitions
Allergic to the 21st Century
Photography
On the Road. Photography book
Books
On the road
Photography
Honduras E.R.
Photography
Latin American Stories
Exhibitions
Hikers
Audiovisual
Indigrafías
Participatory Workshops
The Last Doctor
Photography
Plaster City
Photography
One of ours
Photography
Photobooth at CaixaForum
Services
Project “Stay Alive” for Doctors Without Borders
Services
Portraits for RAR - Diari Ara
Services
Project Menara for the Foundation Three Cultures of the Mediterranean
Services