Miguel Candela

CAPTA

Madrid, Spain

Spanish photographer Miguel Candela specializes humanitarian and social issues in Southern Asia region where he has worked with different international NGOs. Photography opened him into news horizons and value our present as a historical event. Miguel has been awarded with numerous international awards such as Prix de la Photographie (Px3) contest for Best new talent, International Photography Awards (IPA): 1st place for Photo Essay & Feature Story, winner of the Photon Festival scholarship among others. His photographs have been featured in Time, The Guardian, Bloomberg, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, El País, CNN, Asian Geographic, La Repubblica, Spiegel, South China Morning Post (SCMP), Anadolu news agency, European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) among others.

2018 - Hong Kong Press Photographers Association (HKPPA), 2017 - The Balkan Photo Awards, 2015 - The Andrei Stenin International Photography Awards, 2014 - Sony World Photography Awards, 2012 - SocialDocumentary.net: Winner , 2012 - Prix De La Photographie (px3), 2011 - International Photography Awards (IPA), 2011 - "Zoom-in on poverty" photo contest, 2011 - Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, 2011 - Photon Festival Scholarship

Breaking news
Conflict
Crisis
Editorial
Environment
Events
Landscape
Portrait
Reporting
Video capture

English
Spanish

Love in the time of Covid-19

Miguel Candela

A couple is seen together at a food court shopping mall after Hong Kong government has imposed social distancing restrictions during the coronavirus epidemic.

Time publication

Miguel Candela

A Time article about the Chinese National Day illustrated with my image.

Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests

Miguel Candela

Riot police fire tear gas at protesters during the protest. Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters marched in central Hong Kong in yet another round of anti-government demonstration. Riot police has used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters despite the fact that the police force has been widely criticized by the public for their disproportionate use of force against the protesters in past demonstrations triggered by the controversial extradition bill put forward by the Hong Kong government.