ENTRY DESCRIPTION
They are a crew of seven, all from Ukraine, tough men used to piecework. They have traveled more than three thousand kilometers in a van to get to Spain to do a job that fewer and fewer Spaniards want to do, shearing sheep. On this occasion, almost two thousand sheep have been shelled in Guadalajara and their next destination is Ciudad Real.
In winter, everyone has other jobs, says Taras, the only one who speaks Spanish and who has been coming to work in these lands for 20 years.
It seems like an easy operation but it requires technique and precision so as not to harm the animal, at the same time they have to go as quickly as possible to be able to return home soon to their families, whom they have not seen for two months.

AUTHOR
Nacho Left (Santiago de Chile, 1978). His career has run behind the camera since the early years in his native Chile. He came to Spain to complete his training and eventually settled in our country to develop a long career as a photojournalist. His photos have illustrated disasters, sports events and social movements. Precisely its strong social commitment has granted his greatest hits. The fotodenuncia-protest and photography are two of their specialties. Your camera has captured the situation of the most disadvantaged sections of society and some dramatic moments emerged at the dawn of the economic crisis in our country: closures in banks, evictions, poverty. He has worked in the daily New Alcarria and Guadalajara Day, also working intensively in the field of sports photography. During his last season in Chile, El Mercurio newspaper joined this photographer, whose images could enjoy current information to illustrate this emerging country. Back in Spain, his photos can be seen in various local and national newspapers, freelance for various agencies like EFE, Corbis, Wostok .Recently Guadalajara Photographic Association has awarded one of its work on the families of dependents. Alberto smile and deep eyes Aurelia were the germ of this exhibition that aims to denounce the indignity posed to our society that governments cut weaker. Then came Lorenzo and Encarna, Paco and Alba. The aim of Nacho never came between them. Actually he joined them. No one better than Nacho Left to protest with his photographs on this terrible social injustice.
"Their pictures speak. Sometimes I feel that my words get in the way. I admire his ability to tell a story in a single image "(Sonia Jodra, journalist)

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