MAYSUN

Maysun (Zaragoza, Spain. 1980) is a Spanish-Palestinian freelance photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand. The interest of learning, her Palestinian roots and her desire to help people made her realize the necessity of documenting her surroundings.

With a High Degree in Photography and a Photojournalism Post Degree she has been working about Palestinian Identity on a 6 years long term project, still in process, as a way to find her own identity and moral responsibility. She has been travelling and covering other places and issues such as Burma, Kosova Independence, Lebanon, or the displacements by L’Aquila aftermath, in Italy among others.

- I’m compromise with my job because I consider that it’s a way to be engaged and consistent with my convictions and my ethics. Photography is a way to be engaged with our world.-

Awards and Grants

1. 2011 Finalist of the Ojo de Pez Human Values Award 2011.
2. 2009 Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards 2009.
3. 2009 Winner Fotoactivate 2009 by Inspiraction NGO and Vice Magazine.
4. 2009 Finalist Enfoca Prize from Share Asociation 2009.
5. 2008 Finalist Foto-Nikon 2008.
6. 2008 Finalist New Talent Fnac Grant 2008.
7. 2008 Finalist XI International Prize of Photojournalism – City of Gijon Festival.
8. 2008 Winner. Grant. XI International Photojournalism – City of Gijon Festival.