Irving Villegas (b. 1982) is a Mexican photographer currently based in Hannover, Germany. He studied photojournalism and documentary photography at University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover. In 2005 he started to collaborate with national and international newspapers, news-photo agencies and NGOs. He focused on documentary photography, currently he is working on his project" working far away" about seasonal workers in different countries. He intends to continue working on this issue in the months and years to come. He is Feature Contributor at INSTITUTE for Artist Management.
2014 - PhotOn Festival Award , 2014 - Honorable Mention at Perugia Social Photo Fest , 2014 - Finalist Emergentes dst Award at Ei
Doru has worked in Spain and Germany in seasonal jobs. He doesn't want to go back next year and leave his family, lands and animals alone again. Viseu de Sus, Maramures -Transilvania, Romania These are workers who go where the work calls them. Some of them go only for one season and return to their country, others travel from city to city or country to country looking for more work, almost all of them do this for a better economic stability for their family. My intention with the project "Working far away" is to document the circumstances of seasonal workers in different countries and not only their arduous work but also how they live during the working season. I want to show the things they must go through to obtain this type of job and to understand the necessity this people have to leave their country in order to obtain a better life for them and the family waiting for them at home.
Young from Senegal waiting for the bus. He's been living and working in Spain as seasonal worker for the past 8 years. He didn't find a job this year in Jaén so he has to go to the next town looking for it. If these seasonal workers do not find a job in the city, they will continue to the next one until they find something. This is the destiny of many immigrants when they arrive to Europe. After a long and dangerous journey to arrive to Spain they must find a way to make a living here and send money to their family in their home country. These are workers who go where the work calls them. Some of them go only for one season and return to their country, others travel from city to city or country to country looking for more work, almost all of them do this for a better economic stability for their family.
During the lunch break, They all are waiting in line at the dining room for food.Every day it is prepared by the hotel operators for the asparagus picker. It costs 4 euros each meal. These are workers who go where the work calls them. Some of them go only for one season and return to their country, others travel from city to city or country to country looking for more work, almost all of them do this for a better economic stability for their family. My intention with the project "Working far away" is to document the circumstances of seasonal workers in different countries and not only their arduous work but also how they live during the working season. I want to show the things they must go through to obtain this type of job and to understand the necessity this people have to leave their country in order to obtain a better life for them and the family waiting for them at home.