The immediacy of war is often missing in daily reports and statistics. What about the gnawing hunger from infrequent meals? The sting of dust from unpaved roads? The constant fatigue? The fear of death? These are the details of war Ricardo Garcia Vilanova renders so clearly in his photographs, each story a kaleidoscope of mundanity and swift military action
“I am a war photographer, and I need to start working again,” freelance photojournalist Ricardo García Vilanova told News Photographer magazine today, only two days after he was released by his kidnappers in Syria.
BARCELONA (April 1, 2014) – “I am a war photographer, and I need to start working again,” freelance photojournalist Ricardo García Vilanova told News Photographer magazine today, only two days after he was released by his kidnappers in Syria.
Freelance photographer Ricardo Garcia Vilanova and reporter Javier Espinosa of El Mundo were abducted in Syria on September 16, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The families of the journalists made the news of their capture public today.
Catalonia-based Ricardo Garcia Vilanova has been working on a long term project in Afghanistan about the victims of the Afghan war, both civil and military.
Catalonia-based Ricardo Garcia Vilanova has been working on a long term project in Afghanistan about the victims of the Afghan war, both civil and military.
