http://www.lightstalkers.org/barzilai_martin www.martin-barzilai.com (updated : 04/22/2008) http://photography-and-more.blogspot.com/ Martin Barzilai was born in 1971 in Montevideo (Uruguay). He currently works as a free-lance photographer and journalist. His initial interest in photography began in his teenage years. In 1993 he attended a course in the Paris-based Louis Lumière college of Arts and Media and graduated with a degree in photography. He has travelled across South-America with a keen interest in political and social issues. His foremost motivation is to provide others with eye-witness' accounts of his travels. He has worked as a photographer and journalist with a number of daily national newspapers, weekly and specialist magazines, including: l'Humanité, Alternatives Internationales, Le Monde 2, Lemonde.fr, Regards, Courrier Cadres, Urbanisme, Têtu and La Croix. His last exhibition, in Paris, took place in April 2004 in La Passerelle, with the theme: "Colombian Andes: communities in the midst of war”. He had an exhibition in Barcelona: "Noches en Barcelona" From October 10th to November 10th 2007. He has participate in a collective exhibition about Buenos Aires. It had take place in "le Carré d'Art" in the city of Rennes (France) from febrary 6th to march 15 th 2008. For more informations: http://www.martin-barzilai.com/expo-rennes-eng.htm en-us