A NEW WALL ON THE ROAD

By Gari Garaialde

According to the Schengen agreement, signed in 1985 and in force since 1995, the European Union would strengthen controls at external borders and establish a common area where people can move freely in the countries that signed it. But the reality is very different.

The French state has made routinary border controls that Schengen agreement authorises only in exceptional cases, thus making it difficult for African migrants to move to Europe in search of a new life.

WITHOUT LOOKING AWAY

By Ander Gillenea

The echoes and photographs of the Basque armed conflict have placed my country on the world map, making this country, which otherwise does not exist, appear ephemerally on the news around world.

These are photographs taken in the Basque Country for three decades, episodes that I have seen before my eyes in this long conflict. These photographs carry with them many emotions and experiences, often invisible. For some, incomprehensible.

FEELING HOMELAND BY THE MEANS OF FOOTBALL

By Gari Garaialde

Many people have put all their senses at the Luzhniki football stadium in Moscow. But even before the final match, this football championship has taken the attention of the world. But it has also served to make homeland abroad; For many (now) Basque citizens who came from different countries it has been an excuse to join people who came from their same country and to enjoy it together: to applaud, celebrate, comfort each other …

TRADITIONAL WAY PIG SLAUGHTERING

By Gari Garaialde

Although nowadays almost all slaughtering is made in professional abattoirs, yet there are many farms that the killing is done in a traditional way.

Pig slaughter is a popular tradition existing in various European countries, widespread since ancient times and made by hand, with different peculiarities depending on the place in which it is held. It is performed once a year, traditionally takes place in the autumn and early winter, as the cold is required as a natural method of preserving the relatively large quantities of meat during the butchering.

RUNNING TO PROMOTE A LANGUAGE

By Gari Garaialde

Korrika (‘Running’ in Basque) is a symbolic biannual race where participants run across the Basque Country to promote their language and encourage people to speak it, and to collect funds for Basque language teaching centres for adults. As they run, participants carry a baton which they pass from hand to hand, kilometre upon kilometre, without interruption.

Its 20th edition took place in 2017, from March 30 to April 9. Over 11 days and 10 nights, the Korrika, went on for over 230 hours and passed through many Basque villages and cities, covering a distance of around 2200 kilometres, not stopping for a moment and with the participation of hundreds of thousands of people of all ages and conditions.

AL SON DEL PUNK. CUBAN PUNK SCENES

By Josu trueba Leiva

Al son del punk it is the result of 4 trips to La Habana, Pinar del Rio, and the central provinces of the island between 2008 and 2010. In this part of the project, I am the one that takes photographs of the punks showing aspects of their daily lifes (places where they live, family, places where they hung around, rehearsals and concerts).Life and death of Wiliam Fabian Álvarez: singer and soul of the most legendary Cuban punk group: Los Eskoria of Santa Clara. And finally I relate Gerson and Yohandra´s life: a couple who lives in the old sanatorium for AIDS patients, in Pinar del Rio.