The prestigious photographer Christian Poveda gave a workshop DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE CENTER OF THE ARTS

• Among the activities that chair is the screening of his documentary titled "La Vida Loca", who performed with Gangs of El Salvador. It should be noted that until October can be seen in theaters in Mexico.

The prestigious photographer Christian Poveda who has extensive experience in photojournalism, with a guarantee of work to be sustained through publications like the magazine Le Monde and the recognized agency Vu 'l'agence, held a workshop and Documentary Photography Ethics.

Among the activities provided for the projection of the work of Poveda, entitled "La Vida Loca", a documentary which presents the life of the Maras (gangs) of El Salvador. The screening will take place on Friday August 28 at 19 am in Room Audiovisual Arts Center.

The update was to picture based Arts Center of San Luis Potosi Centennial, and developed in the framework of activities of the V Photographic Mexico that will take place from 3 to 5 September 2009.

Note that the meeting has the support of the Cultural Center of Spain in Mexico, the Center for the Arts, the Spanish group Nophoto and EPSON.

The workshop involved 16 photographers who come from Baja California, Puebla, Peru, Mexico City, Queretaro, Guadalajara and San Luis Potosi.

In an interview conducted in the area of ​​Visual Arts to the Centre of Arts, French-Spanish photographer Christian Poveda, said it was a documentary photography workshop, but also addressed issues about journalism and other concerns that this generation of photographers.

"As a final work, photographers held a job in the city, based on material he did and finally edited and will be presented at the meeting Photographic Mexico. I would emphasize that the workshop students were media workers, and are used to illustrate the works of reporters, and what was sought was to make them understand that documentary photography is a very personal, involving a precise view on the subject that is being presented.

"You bring these photographers to do what they know through other means, such as books. It is interesting photographers to take a different look for them to establish a purely documentary work. We need jobs to tell us stories, "he said, Poveda.

On his latest project, Christian Poveda explained that a few months ago I finish a job that took 5 years, the Maras, gangs of El Salvador, I made a video documentary, which was a ninety-minute movie called "The Vida Loca "and that's out in the halls of Mexico in October, and in the cinemas of France, from September 30.

Finally, the photographer was stated pleased and excited about the architecture of the Center for the Arts, "is stunning place and showroom really liked me, I'll see the opportunity to make something at the Center for the Arts", said Christian Poveda.