Manu Brabo Explained

Manuel Brabo
Birth Name:Manuel Varela de Seijas Bravo
Birth Date:ca. 1981
Birth Place:Zaragoza, Spain
Disappeared Date:April 5, 2011
Disappeared Place:Libyan desert near Brega
Disappeared Status:Detained in Tripoli, released May 18, 2011
Nationality:Spanish
Education:School of Arts and Crafts, Oviedo
Charles III University, Madrid
Occupation:Photojournalist
Employer:Freelance
Known For:Photojournalism in conflict areas
Awards:Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography in 2013

Manu Brabo (born c. 1981) is a Spanish photojournalist who was captured in Libya along with three other journalists while covering the Libyan Civil War in 2011 and who was part of the Associated Press team to win the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2013.[1]

Personal

Manuel Varela de Seijas Bravo was born in Zaragoza, Spain around 1981 and lived in Gijón, Spain. He studied photography at the School of Arts and Crafts in Oviedo and journalism at Charles III University in Madrid.[2] [3]

Career

After completing his education, Brabo worked at some Spanish newspapers and news agencies. He covered the Libyan Civil War in 2011, the Syrian Civil War, the Ukrainian conflict and the war in Iraq as other conflicts. He has worked as a freelance photojournalist for the Associated Press (AP) and the European Pressphoto Agency, and his work has been published in newspapers and magazines. He is co-founder with Spanish photographers Guillem Valle, José Colón and Diego Ibarra as well as the Italian Fabio Bucciarelli, of MEMO, a cooperative of photojournalists created in 2014 in Torino, Italy.

Disappearance

On 5 April 2011, Brabo along with journalists James Foley, Clare Morgana Gillis and Anton Hammerl were reportedly detained by pro-Gaddafi soldiers in the Libyan Desert near Brega. As they were traveling with an unorganized militia they witnessed a military truck approaching them. It was then that one of the journalists, later identified as Hammerl, was shot from the military truck.[4] [5] [6] [7] Brabo was one of the 16 journalists detained in Tripoli.[8] While being held in Tripoli, they received a visit from a Spanish diplomat who reported that Brabo along with others were being held humanely and were treated well.[9] He and the other journalists were found guilty in a Libyan court for entering without a proper visa and their sentences suspended. Brabo and the others were released on 18 May 2011.[10]

Pulitzer Prize (2013)

Brabo took a photograph on 3 October 2012 during the aftermath of a car bombing in Aleppo, Syria. This photograph was part of a series of Associated Press breaking news photographs awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2013.[11]

Brabo shared the prize with AP photographers Rodrigo Abd, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen.[12] [13]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fact --> AP Photographer Manu Brabo. Avax News. November 30, 2015.
  2. Web site: Un fotógrafo nacido en Zaragoza desaparece en Libia . 15 December 2013 . 7 April 2011.
  3. Web site: Fotógrafos - El fotógrafo Manu Brabo, segundo español en ganar el Premio Pulitzer. Curiosos de la Fotografía. 16 April 2013.
  4. News: Bauder. David. Sixteen journalists detained, missing in Libya . Mail & Guardian. April 27, 2011 . October 5, 2015 .
  5. News: Govende . Prega . Journalist describes drama of shooting . The Herald (South Africa) . May 13, 2011 .
  6. News: Harris. Elizabeth A. . Four Foreign Journalists Held in Libya . The New York Times . April 7, 2011 .
  7. News: Ajam . Kashiefa . Crossing a line in the sand; It was all so confusing. Anton Hammerl sensed something was wrong, but then the gunfire started . The Herald (South Africa) . May 18, 2011.
  8. News: Bergareche. Borja . Spanish, US journalists reportedly held in Libyan capital Tripoli . BBC Monitoring Middle East . April 19, 2011 .
  9. News: Spanish diplomat visits photojournalist detained in Libya . ABC . May 11, 2011 .
  10. News: Burns . John F. . Goodman . David . Fahim . Kareem . Cowell . Alan . Libya Releases Journalists It Held for Weeks . The New York Times . May 19, 2011 . October 5, 2015 .
  11. News: Manu Brabo, Associated Press photographer, talks about his time in Syria . The National. November 30, 2015.
  12. News: AP wins Pulitzer for Syria photos; is finalist for Syria reporting. Associated Press . April 15, 2013 .
  13. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/04/15/new-york-times-wins-four-pulitzer-prizes/ New York Times Wins Four Pulitzer Prizes

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