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Ana Palacios
Albino
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Albino
The albino children live chained to a tradition that condemns them to unfair discrimination and irreversible
skin cancer. Immersed in childhood, they know even then that their future will be harsher than that of
their black brothers.
The Kabanga Center is a refuge located in the Kigoma region, and managed by the Red Cross in Tanzania in
collaboration with the Spanish NGO AIPC Pandora. They fight daily to create a better world for this ever so
vulnerable community.
These children make every second count with their exceptional vitality, fighting for equal opportunities.
Just because they have been randomly affect by genetics is no reason why their rights should be violated.
They don’t want to be different, because they are not different.
Bio
Ana Palacios is a journalist and photographer.
EDUCATION - She studied Information Science in Pamplona and, later, film and photography in Los Angeles,
where she lived for several years. She was born in Zaragoza and currently resides in Madrid. Ana has worked
as a journalist for news programs on Antena 3 Televisión; she has been in charge of press offices; and, for
over fifteen years, she has worked as a production coordinator in the film industry, mainly on international
co-productions. She has worked with directors such as Ridley Scott, Milos Forman, Tony Kaye, Michael
Radford, Jim Jarmusch and Roman Polanski.
EXPERIENCE - Ana has worked on photo documentary projects focusing on development cooperation in Asia
and Sub-Saharan Africa for NGO's such as Manos Unidas, África Directo and Mensajeros de la Paz. She
photographs the broken corners of the world: orphanages, asylums, hospitals, psychiatric wards, ghettos,
etc. Ana has lived with homeless women in India, lepers in China, albinos in Tanzania, Ethiopian tribes,
pygmies in Burundi and children at risk of exclusion in Uganda. Her intention is to make the plight of
vulnerable communities visible from a hopeful and optimistic perspective.
EXHIBITIONS - Her projects have been exhibited at the Alliance Française in Tanzania and Madrid, the Man
Ray Gallery(Madrid), Centro de Historias (Zaragoza), Ibercaja Zentrum (Zaragoza), the Spanish Cultural
Center in Bata, (Guinea Ecuatorial), DKV Seguros (Alicante).
PUBLICATIONS - Her agent is the Espacio Foto gallery. Ana has collaborated with the Gea Photowords
platform and the Fotodos Agency (Madrid). She regularly publishes her work on human rights issues in El
País and other media outlets such as The Guardian, Days Japan, Lacuna Magazine, What’s Out Addis, XL
Semanal, El Mundo, El Confidencial, Mundo Negro, Glamour, Contraluz, Misiones, etc.
BOOKS - In 2015, Ana published her first book “Art in Movement” about art as a tool for social change in
Uganda, published by La Fábrica and sponsored by Fundación la Caixa, Grupo Heraldo, Adeslas and Grupo
Plaza 14. Ana is currently preparing her second book, “Albino”, sponsored by the Provincial Council of
Huesca and the Huesca City Council. The book will be accompanied by an exhibit sponsored by Telefónica
to be presented at the Pirineos Sur Festival of Cultures in July 2016.
Collections
• DKV Seguros Collection
• María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation.
• Genes y Gentes Foundation (Genes and People Foundation).
• The Heraldo de Aragón Newspaper Museum.
• Fernando de Castro Education for Women Foundation.
• Kilimanjaro Medical Center, Moshi. Tanzania.
Photographies Information :
Cotton paper Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gr/ Epson Ultra Chrome K3 ink
Large: 86 x 120 cm.
Edition: 10 copies
950 €
Medium: 54 x 75 cm.
Edition: 20 copies
500 €
Small: 32 x 45 cm.
Edition: 20 copies
300 €
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