El ojo público

Delmi Alvarez grew up in Vigo, and studied high school. Early He began to work as electrician man by day to pay studies and by nigth goes to the institute of Coia to finish the elementary Bachelor. He did try to follow studies of History and Geography in the University but interrupted it by traveling Canary Islands, working as temporary photographer, selling tickets for clubs in the street supporting himself. Later he went to London to study english working as bar tender, gardener and photojournalist as part-time jobs for AP, AFP and REUTERS agencies. Once he come backs to Galicia gaves workshops of photojournalism in small villages and faculties. He began the long term documentary project Galegos na Diaspora to show the Exodus of the galicians around the world. He traveled around the all continents. Actually he lives in the diaspora in Riga, Latvia from 2002.

In 1991 spent one year in Cuba working in a documentary project about the life of the cubans (Cuba, el ultimo bastion , la lucha de un pueblo). Later in Barceolna, his work was recognized with a Fotopres prize.

During the next years Delmi follow working in his long term project of the Galician exodus around the world, traveling by Europa, Asia and Oceania, both Americas and Africa. This project never was recognized in Galicia, his mother land and in 2002 he decides live in Latvia, to work with more freedom and his projects. Always have on mind like many thousands of galicians in the diaspora come back to the Terra (land) and live, work and show the new generations of photojournalists the not easy way to be a eyewitness in the world.

From 1190 till 1993 he covered the Yugoslavia war as correspondent for La Voz de Galicia newspaper sending pictures and texts. This experience gave to him a personal opinion about the conflicts in the world and after lost a few friends photographes he decides don't cover more the wars.

As a film maker, he has worked as a cameraman and director/producer. Recent work includes credits on "O rei galego de Africa" for the TVG network (Namibia,2007/08). In progress is the project Galcian Diaspora with more chapters.

Résumé
Photojournalist; Photo Editor; Page Editor designer; Photojournalism workshops in Galicia, Goteborg, Riga, La Habana, San Salvador de Bahia Faculty of Journalism, and other seminars. Documentary projects; Founder of International and Galician Photojournalism Seminar (SGF); Photo Editor in Diario de Galicia (1985-87), work has appeared in magazines and newspapers; recipient, 1993 CCG fellowship for project Galegos na Diáspora in Asia and Oceanía, 1996 DPP fellowship for Meninos de Rua in Salvador de Bahia, Brasil; War correspondent in former Yugoslavia; Book about war in former Yugoslavia, Ed. Xerais, Vigo 1994; two Photojournalism awards Fotopress, Barcelona; teacher; lecturer; Black&White darkroom workshops-seminars; writer; editor of Cadernos de Fotoxornalismo; Former stringer REUTERS photographer. Former stringer photographer Associated Press (AP) in Galicia country. Consello da Cultura Galega fellowship recipient in Africa, for the Antrophological and photodocumentalism "Galegos na Diáspora" project. Member of Colexio Profesional de Xornalistas de Galicia (Galician Profesional Journalism Association). 2002-2005 Photoeditor and photojournalist in Sestdiena magazine (Diena newspapers, Riga, Latvia). Curator and author of projects for Direccion Xeral de Turismo Xunta de Galicia (Regional government), Conselleria de Pesca Xunta de Galicia, Xacobeo. International projects with Magnum photographers. Film maker, producer and director.