honorable mention
Teresa Palomo
title
Nyango
In Cameroon nyango means young, pretty and marriageable woman. This is the profile of women who today decide to cross the Niger desert on their way to Europe. They come from Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali ... They barely exceed 20 years. For them, this route is doubly dangerous, because they are migrants and because they are women. Many are raped, prostituted and deceived along the way with the promise of reaching Spanish soil. Now, some months later, they are still trapped at the gates of Europe, in the border cities of northern Morocco. In the hope of gathering enough money to pay for their place in a plastic boat and crossing the Mediterranean Sea towards Spain and many of them already with creatures with only a few months of age, they beg for money in a city where they are deported to the south of the Country for being a migrant. The trip will cost more than 1500 euros per head and even collect the money, they are exposed to mafias of human trafficking or even death in a police raid. Marwan, Clarice, Juli or Falome, are a few among thousands of women who are trapped on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar. In the best case, they will not die in a shipwreck or they will sign a voluntary deportation directly to the country from which they flee and for which they risked their lives to get out of it.
Meanwhile, the borders of Europe are increasingly closed and increasingly dangerous and as a direct consequence, these women are totally unprotected in a country where they have no rights and where sooner or later they will be attacked again.
Teresa Palomo, 1987
Freelance documentary photographer
After training as a photographer, in 2014 Teresa moved to Melilla, the southern border of Spain, to document the migration crisis. Since then she has documented the consequences of European migration policies on the sub-Saharan migrant population in a project that has been going on for 4 years. So far she has worked in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, France and Spain but hopes to continue traveling south to document the migration routes to the countries of origin.
Studies:
- Diploma in the school of arts and shows TAI, Madrid.
- Photojournalism course at the BlankPaper school
- Master of personal project development at the school BlankPaper, Madrid. (Scholarship)
- Postgraduate in photojournalism at the UAB, Barcelona. (Scholarship)
Her work has been published in the newspapers: El Mundo, El Salto, El País, VICE Spain, VICE London, 20 minutes, El Diario, La Directa, Periodismo Humano and other TV channels. Collaborator of the photography agency Nur.
Voluntarily collaborates with organizations defending Human Rights as, Andalucía Acoge, SOS Racismo, CIEsNO, UNHCR and PRODEIN, providing audiovisual resources to support social complains.
Based in Madrid.
Member of Photographic Social Vision.
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entry description
Nyango, trapped in MoroccoIn Cameroon nyango means young, pretty and marriageable woman. This is the profile of women who today decide to cross the Niger desert on their way to Europe. They come from Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mali ... They barely exceed 20 years. For them, this route is doubly dangerous, because they are migrants and because they are women. Many are raped, prostituted and deceived along the way with the promise of reaching Spanish soil. Now, some months later, they are still trapped at the gates of Europe, in the border cities of northern Morocco. In the hope of gathering enough money to pay for their place in a plastic boat and crossing the Mediterranean Sea towards Spain and many of them already with creatures with only a few months of age, they beg for money in a city where they are deported to the south of the Country for being a migrant. The trip will cost more than 1500 euros per head and even collect the money, they are exposed to mafias of human trafficking or even death in a police raid. Marwan, Clarice, Juli or Falome, are a few among thousands of women who are trapped on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar. In the best case, they will not die in a shipwreck or they will sign a voluntary deportation directly to the country from which they flee and for which they risked their lives to get out of it.
Meanwhile, the borders of Europe are increasingly closed and increasingly dangerous and as a direct consequence, these women are totally unprotected in a country where they have no rights and where sooner or later they will be attacked again.
about the photographer
AboutTeresa Palomo, 1987
Freelance documentary photographer
After training as a photographer, in 2014 Teresa moved to Melilla, the southern border of Spain, to document the migration crisis. Since then she has documented the consequences of European migration policies on the sub-Saharan migrant population in a project that has been going on for 4 years. So far she has worked in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, France and Spain but hopes to continue traveling south to document the migration routes to the countries of origin.
Studies:
- Diploma in the school of arts and shows TAI, Madrid.
- Photojournalism course at the BlankPaper school
- Master of personal project development at the school BlankPaper, Madrid. (Scholarship)
- Postgraduate in photojournalism at the UAB, Barcelona. (Scholarship)
Her work has been published in the newspapers: El Mundo, El Salto, El País, VICE Spain, VICE London, 20 minutes, El Diario, La Directa, Periodismo Humano and other TV channels. Collaborator of the photography agency Nur.
Voluntarily collaborates with organizations defending Human Rights as, Andalucía Acoge, SOS Racismo, CIEsNO, UNHCR and PRODEIN, providing audiovisual resources to support social complains.
Based in Madrid.
Member of Photographic Social Vision.
back to gallery
