The story that follows corresponds to a story of love and friendship with a group of
Cambodian scavengers that I portrayed over 3 years and throughout which I became a part of
their lives, managing to remain invisible while on work.
Many times I stayed where they stayed, lived as they lived , ate what they ate, helped
them with their scavenging tasks and managed to bring them donations, all of which helped
me to became one more of them and well accepted by their community.
Although my original idea was to document and draw awareness on their lives as well as
trying to portray them with dignity, I thought that the initial photojournalistic
perspective didn't discard an artistic one.
These thoughts gave birth to the idea of portraying them following the aesthetical
conception in which the Barbizon school of painters in France (1830-1870) depicted the
daily scenes of peasants.
My name is Javier Sanchez-Monge Escardo .I was born in Madrid in 1965.Education: Degree in International business management at the Schiller International University Germany (Heidleberg), 3 years of Biology studies at the University of Alcala de Henares and a degree in Philosophy, followed by a PHD still to be finished. Several advanced photography courses, video and editing. Can speak and write in different languages. Constantly I have been travelling around the world, photographing and living in foreign cultures.
Awards My name is Javier Sanchez-Monge Escardo .I was born in Madrid in 1965.Education: Degree in International business management at the Schiller International University Germany (Heidleberg), 3 years of Biology studies at the University of Alcala de Henares and a degree in Philosophy, followed by a PHD still to be finished. Several advanced photography courses, video and editing. Can speak and write in different languages. Constantly I have been travelling around the world, photographing and living in foreign cultures.
AWARDS
2014
FIRST PLACE (GOLD) People’s Choice Awards 2014, Press Feature Story at the Prix de Paris Awards (PX3 2014)
FIRST PLACE (GOLD)) /General News at the Prix de Paris Awards (PX32014)
FIRST PLACE (GOLD) People’s Choice Awards 2014 /Nature Environmental at the
THIRD PLACE (BRONZE) Press Feature Story at the Prix de Paris Awards 2014
THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS Prix de Paris Awards (PX3 2014) 4 HONORABLE MENTIONS at the ND Awards (2014).THREE HONORABLE MENTIONS at the International Photography Awards (IPA 2014).
2015
TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS MONOCHROME AWARDS 2014, TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS IPA one shot awards 2015 Works exhibited during the Month of Photography, Los Angeles by the LUCIE FOUNDATION. SEVEN HONORABLE MENTIONS IPA 2015, FOUR HONORABLE MENTIONS Prix de Paris White Awards 2015.SIX HONORABLE MENTIONS Prix de Paris Awards annual competition 2015 TWO HONORABLE MENTIONS ND AWARDS 2015
IPA 2015 SECOND PLACE Award Category Event Culture and traditions.
IPA THIRD PLACE AWARD Awards Category Portraiture, Children.
PRIX DE PARIS 2015 SILVER MEDAL Environmental Press category.
PRIX DE PARIS 2015 BRONZE MEDAL Portraits category.
FIRST PLACE ND AWARDS 2015 (GOLDEN STAR AWARD) People.
FIRST PLACE ND AWARDS 2015 (GOLDEN STAR AWARD) Editorial, Environmental.
FINALIST WITH HONORABLE MENTION at the SIENA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS storyboard category, FINALIST NOMINEE at the FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (FAPA 2015) portraits category, FINALIST NOMINEE at the FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS (FAPA 2015) Photojournalism category. 3HONORABLE MENTIONS MONOCHROME AWARDS 2015
