Biography:
Daniel Aguilar born in Mexico, started working on local newspapers in 1989. He took up work as a stringer with Reuters, based in Mexico City in 1997, becoming a full-time staff photographer in 2003. For Reuters he has covered major news stories in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, Argentina, Jamaica, Bolivia and Costa Rica. In 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006 he was recognized in the National Journalism Awards; in 2004 he also received an Honorable Mention in the King of Spain Prize, and Honorable Mention in the category Spot News in the World Press Photo Contest. In 2007 received the 3rd. prize of General News in the World Press Photo Contest.
Statement:
The essence of the photojournalism is to inform through the image, many times is questioned by showing very violent instants, but as a photojournalist I have the commitment to show and denounce the qualities and faults of human beings. The esthetics are not fought with the photojournalism, in many occasions are together. The objective of the photojournalism is to show images in which people can understand what is happening. A lot of times the photographer can take aesthetic pictures with the informative load.
The photography that is publicized now a days, in the future will be a document that will be part of our history. This story shows parts of the violence that men can reach, from a man tied up to a lamp post accused of burglary in Oaxaca, Mexico, to a man that was arrested by armed citizens of Petit Goave, who then proceeded to stone him and burn him alive. These pictures show what the citizens can do if they are not attended and forgotten by their authorities. In both cases the laws don’t exist. |
