Amador Guallar
Hans Lucas
Erbil, Iraq
Born in Barcelona in 1978, Amador Guallar Perez completed his journalism and photojournalism studies at Ramon Llull University (Barcelona) and filmmaking at the New York Film Academy (Los Angeles). In 2001 he covered his first conflict in Macedonia and from 2002 Amador became a writer and photographer for several Spanish publications and newspapers including El Mundo, Avui and several specialized economy, cinema and sailing magazines. In 2008 he moved to Afghanistan were he was based until 2015 working as a photographer and filmmaker for several publications and organizations such as La Vanguardia, Diario del Siglo XXI, El Mundo (he is nowadays a regular contributor of this Spanish newspaper), the US Army and the Afghan Government, OXFAM, ActionAid, Action Contre la Faim, Sports Sans Frontieres, UNDP,, UN WOMEN, UNESCO, UN MACCA, among other organizations. In 2013 he worked as coeditor and photographer for the NATO afghan based magazine Sada-e-Azadi News. In 2014 he decided to increase his coverage of conflict and post-conflict countries in Africa and Europe. Since the beginning of his career, Amador carried out several stories in Spain, Macedonia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Crimea, Gaza, Thailand, Cambodia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Central African Republic. Amador has published in many newspapers and magazines such as El Mundo, Avui, La Vanguardia, The Guardian, Arte Magazine, Diario del Siglo XXI, University of East Anglia, Open Democracy, Globalt, Skipper, 100X100 Regata, and others. Amador’s coverage of several conflicts has also been featured in major photography agencies such as NurPhoto, Sipa Press, Xinhua, Associated Press, Alamy, Demotix and Corbis (now the work for Corbis is at Getty Images). In 2010, he received a UN award for best picture of the year for his work with the Afghan de-miners in Afghanistan. In 2014, Amador’s work as a photojournalist in Afghanistan was portrayed in a documentary produced by the Catalan television TV3.
2016 - Spider Awards Black & White Photography, 2010 - Best Picture of the Year
