Three Kings Day Celebration in Madrid
Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (R) talks to Spain’s Minister of Defence Pedro Morenes Eulate (C) and Spain’s Minister of Interior Affairs Jorge Fernandez Diaz (L) during the Pascua Militar ceremony on January 6, 2012 at the Royal palace in Madrid. Today 6th of January, 2012, Their Majesties King Juan Carlos I de Borbon and [...]
PP Mariano Rajoy becomes Spanish Prime Minister
Spain voted a new prime minister back on the 20th of November. As it was generally expected Popular Party (PP) accomplished a crushing victory over the ruling socialists, obtaining more than 10.7 million votes and earning 186 out of the 350 Parliament seats. It took Mariano Rajoy of PP three attempts to become Spain’s Prime [...]
Global Revolution Day Protest in Madrid, Spain
Spain Indignant Movement acquired today, October 15th, 2011, an international scale, as in 82 countries and more than 950 cities around the world similar protests were held. Around half a million people made a stand against corporate greed and government cutbacks for a “global change” to the economic, political and social situation. The images shot [...]
The Heat at the Spanish National Day Parade in Madrid
If you were in Madrid (Spain) this fine morning of October 12, 2011 you would have probably attended the military parade of the Spanish National Day, very close to Atocha train station. We could have even bumped against each other, but no, I do not think so. It may seem strange but the bigger the [...]
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party Political Conference in Madrid – Spain
Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party held a Political Conference 2011 in Madrid, Spain. The convention, was scheduled to start on the 30th of September, and for 3 days it was the basis of socialist manifesto for the general elections this November 2011. More than 2.000 PSOE sympathizers and activists were expected to attend. The national convention [...]
The Thompsons from Alaska attend their 9th World Youth Day – Madrid, Spain
World Youth Day, a tradition started by Pope John Paul II in 1986, the event draws hundreds of thousands of youth from all over the world and takes place every three years at different locations around the globe. With the theme of “Rooted and built up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith (Col 2:7)”, [...]
Rome’s Nature and Landscapes in Madrid
Museo del Prado likewise other big museums forbids photographing on its premises, especially using on-camera flash. Ancient masterpieces could be damaged by the intense light emitted by the strobe, but if you choose to discreetly steal a shot using only existing lighting, especially when the guards are not looking, the results can be surprising. Prado [...]
Indignant Movement Protest in Madrid
The “Spanish Revolution” or “15-M Movement” announced yesterday, June 19th, 2011 that over 21 Spanish cities shall originate popular marches towards the Capital to protest against the Euro Plus Pact and how the economic crisis is being mitigated by the politicians. The announcement was made at the general assembly held in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, [...]
Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship – Madrid
The battle for the 2011 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series is back as the world’s best triathletes hit the first European stop and second stop overall, Madrid. Madrid’s Casa de Campo Park hosted this weekend the 2011th edition of Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series. The spanish capital has long been a fixture [...]
Shooting Tennis Madrid Open 2011
It is always exciting to shoot international sporting events, especially if they take place here in Madrid. The Mutua Madrid Open is the most important tennis tournament in Spain as it is the only event to enter the Master 1000 category, mandatory for the best players by the ATP World Tour’s Rulebook. The singles men’s [...]
Are You in for Some Fashion?
Somber grey hues by Victorio & Luccino and Hannibal Laguna were gradually becoming warmer thanks to the creations of Amaya Arzuaga, the romance of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, to finally culminate in an apotheosic parade of contrasts by Francis Montesinos. The latter managed to inspire and surprise, as he always does, presenting his new [...]
Russian Rugby Team beats Spain 24-28
The Spanish national rugby team debuted yesterday, Tuesday February 5 at 4pm, at the 2011 European Championship against the selection of Russia. The match was held at the Complutense Field in Madrid. Despite the fact that rugby is not quite a popular sport in Spain hundreds of supporters arrived at the venue with flags and [...]
New Year Traditional San Silvestre Vallecana Race 2010
Some 35,000 people took part this Friday, December 31, 2010 in the San Silvestre Vallecana Popular and International 46th race. The San Silvestre Vallecana is an annual 10 km road athletic event held on the last day of the year in Madrid’s Vallecas district. Both amateur athletes and elite international runners rush through the city [...]
Madrid Vallecas District’s Naval Battle
The Naval Battle of Vallecas is a 30 years old water-fight tradition, where locals and occasional visitors engage into a most refreshing brawl to honor the local patron Saint Virgen del Carmen in Madrid’s southern district of Vallecas. This year the celebration acquired an additional significance, meant to be a sign of discontent against the [...]
Tears of Joy – We are the Champions
The very last day of the 2010 FIFA Word Cup South Africa, thousands of miles away from Johannesburg, the place where “The Red One” was going to fight for the right to hold the World Cup Trophy and become World Champions, rivers of red and yellow paint covered innumerable faces of Spain’s supporters congregated in [...]
Hundred umbrellas on World Refugee Day
Today the 20th of June we celebrate the World Refugee Day. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 43 million people now require international protection in the world, the highest number since the mid 90s. There are two indisputable indicators of solidarity of a country: development cooperation metrics and commitment to [...]
On Assignment – Dextro Energy Triathlon – Madrid 2010
Madrid’s scorching sun does not care too much if it is June, July or August; it just heats so much than the expected 77 F daytime temperature starts to climb one degree after another towards 104 F plus expected under direct sunlight somewhere in August. Whenever there is a photographic assignment to be performed during [...]
Madrid Book Fair 2010
This friday Madrid Book Fair’s 69th edition kicked-off in the heart of Spanish capital’s Parque del Buen Retiro. Summer-like heat and the scorching sun shall not stop avid readers from flooding park lanes to check out different editorial stands offering their best bestsellers, especially if the general public could have the opportunity to meet the [...]
Madrid Open 2010 Tennis Tournament
Each time there is a chance to cover a sporting event as Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, an ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament, especially here in Madrid I cannot help but take it as a great opportunity. It is not frequent to have the chance to photograph people so expressive like Nadal and so little passionate [...]
Legitimacy to Judge the Crimes of Francisco Franco
SPAIN, Madrid: A woman marches in memory of her deceased relative, killed during the Franco dictatorship, during a demonstration in support of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon on April 24, 2010, in Madrid. The protest was called to support Garzon who faces trial for allegedly overstepping his power while investigating crimes committed during the Franco dictatorship [...]
Working at a Shooting Range
On assignment, most of the times you know what you are going to shoot, but when you are just wandering around the town with a camera hung from your shoulder you can bump into something interesting you never thought about. A friend of mine plays Gaelic football, a mixture of soccer and rugby as he [...]
Rugby: CRC Madrid Offered Blood, Sweat and Tears to beat AMPO Ordizia 27-23
Recently I started to regularly follow the matches of the spanish top rugby division known as “División de Honor” at Valle de Las Cañas stadium in Pozuelo (Madrid, Spain). It is astonishing that a sport so popular in the UK, New Zealand and the rest of the world, in Spain has little acceptance. In fact, the experience [...]
Peñalara ascent to 2428m
When the alarm at half past six went off the plans for that day are short of being cancelled by the inherent human desire to continue sleeping on a fine Saturday morning. Since Thursday as the fatigue generated by clients and demanding bosses started to build up, I remembered how little snow I have seen this [...]
