(1961, Barcelona, Spain)
Kim Manresa is a Spanish photographer dedicated to photojournalism.
From a very young age he became interested in photojournalism and at the age of 15 he began to publish his photographs on Telexpress and shortly afterwards on Mundo Diario. He began by taking photographs of police charges during the Spanish transition and can be considered among the group of reporters who continue with the commitment to journalistic photography begun in the 1970s.
His photographic training was self-taught at first although later he was working as Colita’s assistant, which allowed him a deeper learning. His works are carried out largely in Africa and Central and South America, but also in Asia, since his subjects usually reflect the living conditions in those countries. Since 1985 he works for La Vanguardia. The report that has had the greatest impact was the one he carried out during a clitoral ablation operation on a five-year-old girl named Kadi, 3 although he has also carried out reports showing a kinder face of life in the third world.
One of his latest exhibitions reflects the situation of schools across multiple countries, it is entitled School of other worlds and comprises fifty photos from five years of work, these images are accompanied by texts by various authors including they find José Saramago, Dario Fo or Juan Marsé.
He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Fotopress award on several occasions, the Agustín Centelles award in 1999, the Barcelona City Council award in 1994, the Godó award for Photojournalism in 1999 or the UNICEF photography award for 2001.
Some of his Photos
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