Photography by Walter Astrada
The journeyTraveling with the minimum to discover the most“The past 19 years I have lived and worked in many countries.Working as a photographer for agencies covering conflicts andcreating long term documentaries on social issues. Now, I’vedecided to continue seeing the world, in a literal sense. I’...
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/1276 https://hdl.handle.net/10895/5962 |
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| Summary: | The journeyTraveling with the minimum to discover the most“The past 19 years I have lived and worked in many countries.Working as a photographer for agencies covering conflicts andcreating long term documentaries on social issues. Now, I’vedecided to continue seeing the world, in a literal sense. I’vedecided to load a Royal Enfield with the minimum necessarythings with the idea of going around the world. The possibilityof stopping or continuing, guided by my curiosity, without timetables or timelines: the journey is the objective, more than anydestination, it gives me time to comprehend what I observe”(http://www.wastradathejourney.com/the-journey).Walter Astrada was born in 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.He started his career as a photographer at the local newspaperLa Nación. After a formative trip through South America, hejoined the Associated Press in Bolivia and later in Argentina,Paraguay and Dominican Republic. In March 2006 he movedto Spain from where he is working as a freelancer. Astradais jury of World Press Photo, an organization that has givenhim three photography awards, and currently integrates itsgroup of instructors. |
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