Great proposals in Photon, the festival that supports the work of great photojournalism professionals. Since its beginnings, The contest claims the role of this photographic aspect that is, definitely, an indispensable tool for social change and a very potent form of communication, for what a picture is worth a thousand words. This edition presents eight exhibitions, In an interesting circuit for various cultural spaces of Valencia such as La Nau, The Center for Contemporary Culture October, Metrocence, Fnac, The Railowsky Library and the La Posta Foundation. Among them we can highlight Those who stay (2-28/5, The Boat), The exhibition of Natalia Sancha y Joseph Eid, well known for his iconic photo of a Syrian man listening to a gramophone in a completely demolished room, And to which we can listen to the conference that will reflect on the situation of those who have no means to migrate from countries in conflict (6/5, The Boat). Photon's goal is to look towards conflicts that are no longer in headlines or do it, as in this case, From another perspective, that of those who cannot flee from the wars and remain living day by day with the horror.
Other great exhibitions are those of Joaquin Collado In the Marquesinas of the EMT (Cover of this edition of AU), Violence in Honduras portrayed by Javier Arcenillas (Latin America), The collective of Photometria Festival About the concept “home” in Metro Valencia, A job of Mar Sáez About transsexuality (Vera and Victoria) in Railowsky and Ethiopia, result of four trips to the African country made by Manuel Castro Prieto. On the other hand, We will have the traditional and free views of portfolios, conferences of Clemente Bernad, Castro Prieto, Nuria López, Javier Arcenillas, Santi Palacios (National PHOTORIODISM Award) and Natalia Sancha, and awards ceremony, from the Beca Photon 2017 y, for the first time, With the collaboration of the Valencia City Council, To the best Valencian photojournalist. But this is just a small part of a week full of activities so interesting that we will not want to miss a. GLORIA POZUELO
