SHADOWS FROM TRIPOLI

• Prize
• Photographer
  ALFONSO MORAL, Spain
• Studio
  Pandora Fotografia Documental

Tripoli means three cities. It is the second largest city in Lebanon. It is located near
Lebanon's northern border with Syria. From start of the uprising in syrian the city of
Tripoli has seen fighting in Jabal Mohsen and Bab el Tabaneh neighborhoods where the
alawuie and sunnie communities lives. Only during the last year more than 60 people died.
Sunnis in Tripoli supporting Syrian rebels while the alawuie community, supports the
Syrian President Basar Al-Assad.

• Awards
  Valladolid ( Spain), 1977. Awards & Grants 2012. Best Of Photojournalism ( NPPA). 3rd prize. Non-Traditional Photojournalism Publishing. “ Libya: Year Zero” 2011. Picture of the Year Internation. Long Multimedia Story. First Prize. “ Machine Man”. 2010. Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award. Finalist 2010. Magnum Expression Award. Finalist. “ Lebanon between sea & fire”. 2010. Sony Awards. Currents Affairs. Finalist. “ Tax Havens” 2009. Fotopres 09 Spain. 3rd prize “ Lebanon between sea & fire”. 2009. Magnum Expression Award. Finalist. “Addicts a generation lost to Afghanistan” 2009. Anthropographia, Canada. Honourable Mention “Addicts a generation lost to Afghanistan”. 2008. Picture of the Year. Feature Picture Story. Award of Excellence “Palestinian refugees in Lebanon” 2006. Revela Photojournalist Grant. Galicia (Spain). “Palestinian refugees in Middle East ” Exhibitions 2010. Espai Catala-Roca. Barcelona Spain. “ Addicts a generation lost to Afghanistan”. 2010. Xavier Miserach Biennale of Photography. Gerona. Spain. “ Addicts a generation lost to Afghanistan”. 2009. Caixa Forum Barcelona. “ Lebanon between sea & fire” 2009. HOST Gallery. London. Foto 8 summer show. “ Addicts a generation lost to Afghanistan”. 2008. Sevilla Foto. Spain. Pandora Collective. “Lebanon between sea and fire” 2007. Periscopio International Festival, Vitoria, Spain. “Lebanon between sea and fire”. 2006. Revela Photo festival, Galicia, Spain. “Palestinian refugees in middle east”. 2005. INJUVE festival, Madrid Spain. “Palestinian refugees in middle east”. Publications: Newsweek, The Sunday Times, Financial Times, El Pais, La Vanguardia, Foto8, LeMonde 2, Amnesty International Magazine, between others.