Omar Havana
Omar Havana was born in 1975 in Granada, Spain.[1]
Omar Havana is a Spanish Freelance Photojournalist since 2005 who has covered stories in countries such as Spain, Thailand, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Belgium, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Egypt, The Netherlands, Nepal, Greece, France, and Cambodia among many others.
Omar Havana has been represented by photo agencies as Wostok Press, Cordon Press/Corbis Spain, SIPA Press, and EPA, and by Getty Images since 2013. Omar is also a member of the collective Hans Lucas in France. His work has been published in media as The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The Guardian, Al Jazeera among many others.[2]
His most famous work made the front pages of many international media outlets during the earthquake that hit Nepal in April 2015 including front pages in The New York Times and stories in TIME Magazine, National Geographic, and Paris Match, being also exhibited in the 2015 Visa Pour L’Image festival[3]. His work during and after the earthquake ended up in the publication of his book Endurance by the published FotoEvidence in 2016. [4]
An important part of Omar Havana’s work has been always with NGOs, since his career start Omar has worked for NGOs such as UNICEF, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Action Aid, VSO International, ILO, among many others.
Awards[5][edit]
Finalist Alfred Fried Photography Award. Austria. 2017.[6]
Finalist Siena International Photo Awards 2016. Italy[7]
Second Place. General News Category 2016 International Photography Awards[8]
Honorable Mention. General News Category 2016. International Photography Awards[9]
Honorable Mention. General News Category 2016. Moscow International Foto Awards[10]
Honorable Mention. Books Category 2016. Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016[11]
Honorable Mention. General News Category 2016. Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016 [11]
Honorable Mention. Documentary Category 2016. International Photographer of the Year Award[12]
Honorable Mention. Documentary Category 2016. International Photographer of the Year Award[13]
Honorable Mention Contemporary Issues Story 2015. NPPA National Press Photographers Association[14]
Second and Third Place, Best News Photography of the Year 2015. Getty Images Asia Pacific [7]
Second place, Best News Portfolio of the Year 2015. Getty Images Asia Pacific [7]
Second place, Best News Photography of the Year 2014. Getty Images Asia Pacific [7]
Second Place, Best News Portfolio of the Year 2014. Getty Images Asia Pacific [7]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Omar Havana Photographe | Actuphoto". actuphoto.com.
- ↑ Omar Havana Website. https://www.omarhavana.com/about
- ↑ Visa Pour L'Image. https://www.visapourlimage.com/en/archives/photographes/omar-havana
- ↑ Endurance by Omar Havana. Copyright 2016 Omar Havana - FotoEvidence. All rights reserved. ISBN 978-0-9963912-3-8 https://fotoevidence.com/books/endurance-by-omar-havana
- ↑ AWARDS Omar Havana. https://www.omarhavana.com/about
- ↑ "The Shortlist of the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017 - Category: SHORTLIST Special Award of the Jury". www.friedaward.com.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Bio Omar Havana - Omar Havana Photojournalist". Omar Havana / All Rights Reserved.
- ↑ "IPA 2016 Winner / When the Earth Shook Nepal / Getty Images / Omar Havana". photoawards.com.
- ↑ "IPA 2016 Winner / Endurance / Getty Images / Omar Havana". photoawards.com.
- ↑ "Omar Havana, Endurance".
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Omar Havana, Honorable Mention Winner - Endurance". www.tokyofotoawards.jp.
- ↑ "Omar Havana | When The Earth Shook Nepal". iphotographeroftheyear.com.
- ↑ "Omar Havana | Endurance". iphotographeroftheyear.com.
- ↑ "Contemporary Issue Stories". April 15, 2016.
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