“Pushing the limits of visual storytelling”

MeMoPushing the limits of visual storytelling

MeMo is a cooperative founded by a group of awards-winning photographers committed to covering the stories affecting the

world around us.

With the strength of a digital application and high quality reports, MeMo produces a transmedia narrative magazine by

combining audio, video, text and animation to reinforce the universal language of photojournalism, bringing important stories

from across the globe to bigger audiences.

New technologies have broadened the impact of photography worldwide. Yet the immediacy that technology can provide has

often played a negative role in regards to the quality of the journalistic information at hand. MeMo is different in approach as it

uses technology to form new ways of storytelling and involving the reader in the experience.

Through this immersive technique of creating a virtual version of the story, the viewer is afforded unprecedented access to the

sights and sounds, and even feelings and emotions, which accompany the news.

An essential feature of the magazine’s interactivity is that it is mutual: user and machine each take an active role; with MeMo

the viewers will not only learn, but experience and question the information provided in the articles.

Photography and technology always made history hand in hand, in a bid to democratise images. A window to the world,

photography depicts a collective social portrait.

Photography’s ability to accurately reproduce external reality, lending a documentary character and bringing up the process of

reproduction as the most faithful, the most impartial of social life. The impact of photography lies in its transformative power

to portray multiple world visions in an instant.

WHO WE ARE

Manu Brabo

Gijòn, Spagna 1981

manubrabo.eu

Manu Brabo is a freelance photojournalist whose work is mainly focused on social conflicts around the

world. Since 2007 he has been working on political upheavals, uprisings and wars in countries like Haiti,

Honduras, Kosovo, Libya, Egypt, Syria or Ukraine among others.

During the last four years Manu has contributed to several news agencies such as EPA or AP, and his

stories have been published in the most important magazines & newspapers. Highlights of the awards

he has been honored with include the 2013 Pulitzer prize for his work covering the Syrian civil war for

The Associated Press.

WHO WE ARE

Fabio Bucciarelli

Torino, Italia 1980

fabiobucciarelli.com

Fabio Bucciarelli is a documentary photographer and writer who focuses his attention on conflicts and

humanitarian consequences of war. Fabio spent the last few years working inside the major world-

changing events in Libya, Syria, South Sudan or Mali.

He regularly works with AFP and TIME Magazine, and his work has been published on the major

international papers and magazines. Fabio has received several awards including the Robert Capa Gold

Medal, Prix Bayeux-Calvados, World Press Photo, amongst others.

His work has been exhibited in places such as New York, Rome, London, Barcelona, Kuala Lumpur

amongst others. His last book is “The Dream” published by FotoEvidence.

WHO WE ARE

Jose Colón

Siviglia, Spagna 1975

josecolon.net

After moving to Barcelona his work specializes in photojournalism and documentary.

His images have been shown in Spain, Italy, USA, Germany, France, Brazil as well as in various

international magazines. He has artistically collaborated with the Centre of Contemporary Culture of

Barcelona, The Museum of History of Barcelona and the Museum of History of Zaragoza.

He is currently based between Barcelona and Sevilla where he works with several international

newspapers and photo agencies.

WHO WE ARE

Diego Ibarra Sánchez

Saragozza, Spagna 1982

diegoibarra.com

Diego Ibarra Sánchez is a photojournalist based in Lebanon. He understands photography as a way to be

engaged with our world.

He spent four years in Pakistan, becoming a reference for major international publications such as The

New York Times and Der Spiegel. For several years, he has been working on a personal project on Polio.

WHO WE ARE

Guillem Valle

Barcelona, Spagna 1983

guillemvalle.eu

Guillem Valle’s first interest in documentary photography began when, almost by accident, he travelled

to Sarajevo at the age of 14 in an Exchange Student program.

Since then he has worked for many newspapers and magazines around the world, while maintaining his

own photographic agenda. He has been based in Bangkok since 2010 covering Southeast Asia for several

international publications. In 2011 he covered the Arab Spring including the civil war in Libya and the

Kurdish struggle in Northern Syria.

Laureate with several awards, including World Press Photo and Best of Photojournalism, Valle is

currently developing a long-term project about stateless nations around the world.

MeMo collective exhibition

- 2015/16: “Foto-Reporteros: Upfront Spanish”. Exhibition organized by AECID, Cervantes Institued and the Cultural Centre

Conde Duque of Madrid.

- 2015: “Fear”: Exhibition at the Photography Festival of Delhi, India, organized by Fundación Nazar. Manu Brabo, Jose Colón,

Guillem Valle & Diego Ibarra Sánchez.

- 2015: “Fear”:Exhibition at the Festival di Fotografía FotoArte di Puglia, Taranto, Italia. Manu Brabo, Fabio Bucciarelli, Jose Colón,

Diego Ibarra Sánchez & Guillem Valle.

- 2015: “Syria”: Exhibition at the Niemeyer Foundation, Avilés, Asturia. 2015. Manu Brabo & Fabio Bucciarelli.

- 2015: La Nostra Storia 1955-2015. Collective exhibition for the 60 years of the pubblication Italia by L’Espresso. Roma, Italia.

Manu Brabo, Jose Colón, Guillem Valle & Diego Ibarra Sánchez.

- 2015: “Bukra Inshallah”: Exhibition at Fundación Blueproject Project Room, Barcelona, Spain. Manu Brabo, Fabio Bucciarelli &

Guillem Valle.

- 2014/15: “The first Global War”. Exhibition at the Piedicastello gallery, Trento, Italia.

- 2014: “Revoluciones Árabes” Exhibition at the Centro de Historias de Zaragoza, Spagna.

Awards

- 2015: PREMIO DE PERIODISMO DERECHOS HUMANOS 2015. Institued by Pro Derechos humanos de España.

- 2015: “The FWA - Favourite Website Awards” MOBILE OF THE DAY: Design and new technologie.

- 2015: Digital Magazine Awards 2015. Two special mentions for innovative concept and innovative design.