Chasing dreams and dollars: India and the H-1B visa
- Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
- News Shooter / Video Journalist
Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
3 reviews$450 - $900 / Day
Request QuoteI studied education, pedagogy and communication. In 2009 I was selected to study photojournalism in the Danish School of Media & Journalism (DMJX, Aarhus, Dinamarca). I have worked in Center America, Europe and Asia. In 2011 I was awarded with the Ortega y Gasset Prize in Digital Journalism for the multimedia reportage “El criminalista del país de las últimas cosas”. I am the codirector of the short documentary “Las Masacres de El Mozote” Official Selection of the Icaro Centeramerican Cinema Festival and finalist of the research prize IPYS 2012. In a past life I cofounded PIEL de FOTO.
Today at 4:30 (3 and a half hours from now), Mumbai will held protest against anti-Christian violence in India and Pakistan that has been occurying last weeks. The attacks in West Bengal and Haryana, and the recent rape of a nun has triggered a response in India's main cities.
Why are so many Indian farmers committing suicide? We hear from the widow of one such farmer who took his life after his crop failed.
For many children in India, a free and compulsory education is out of reach. Volunteer teachers like Rajesh Sharma are trying to fill this void. See his journey from store manager to managing an open-air school in New Delhi, India with no money or resources.
The islands of the Sundarbans in the Indian subcontinent are sinking. The villagers of Ghoramara Island say it’s because of global warming and the rising sea level. As a result of the subsequent erosion over the years, the islands keep getting smaller. The villagers say that, at the current rate of shrinking, the island of Ghoramara will disappear completely in a few years.
Thousands of widows have been making their way to the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India to spend the rest of their lonely lives. Cast out by their families, or simply alone in the world, some travel hundreds of miles to get there.
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