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Renowned contest humanitarian photography 'Luis Valtueña' organized each year the NGO 'Doctors of the World', has a traveling exhibition that will stop in 'Fotogenio' during the three days of the event, ie from 23 to 25 May.

The director of the largest photo contest of Spain, Juan S. Calventus, "this is a great opportunity to see up close the 40 finalist images that form the sign, not only for its photo quality, but also the relevance of the topics portraying ".

The 'Luis Valtueña' International Award this year celebrates its seventeenth edition with an exhibition along with its own history.

Your winner, Swede Niclas Hammarström was kidnapped in Syria when the jury chose as winners its images portraying precisely the Syrian war taken a year earlier.

It was a month and a half later, on the day of his release, when he met Hammarström was the winner of the XVII edition of 'Luis Valtueña' Award.

A Hammarström images on Syria, will accompany the three finalists.

The Italian Fabio Cuttica the series on 'The odyssey of migrants through Mexico' Tun Burmese WaiHnin work on 'The House of the Good Life' and the Cantabrian Mingo Venero the series "Silent expected" a particular look on immigrants awaiting passage in Morocco and Europe.

The International Humanitarian Photography Award 'Luis Valtueña' is held annually in memory of four cooperating killed in Rwanda in 1997 and Bosnia in 1995 when Flors Sirera, Manuel Madrazo, and Mercedes Navarro Luis Valtueña working on humanitarian projects.

Valtueña was a photographer by profession and worked in Spain as a reporter for the 'Agency Cover', which is why this award is named.

After seventeen editions path, the award has become a benchmark for humanitarian photography, beyond the borders of our country, in its role by bringing other realities.

This year we will also make from 23 to 25 May in the eighth edition of 'Fotogenio'.

All information about the history of the award and its latest edition, can be found at www.fotogenio.net / blog and on the website of the contest www.premioluisvaltuena.org own.

The Mayor of Mazarrón, Ginés Campillo, stressed that "it is an honor and a pleasure that we have this year 'Fotogenio' with this photographic exhibit, as further exalt our contest, which has already raised a huge expectation for participation Sebastião Salgado. "

The mayor said that "undoubtedly be editing more caring then this humanitarian and social exposure photograph of Salgado, adds that the collection of entries will go to a charity fin 'Fotogenio.'"

Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón