David Arribas is a documentary and freelance photographer based in Madrid. Spain. Interested in anthropological-social reporting. I seek to document the life forms of the evironment around me that interest and inspire. I´m studying self-taught photography and attending courses and seminars. I realized several masterclass with different photographers like Antonio Heredia, Manu Brabo, Antoine d´Agata and Crisitna Garcia Rodero.
At the moment, I dedicate myself to the accomplishment of photographic works of long route related to social projects and human character.
Honorable Mention. The Whasington Post Open Call for photografers./ USA
2019
Nominee. 6x6 Global Talent WorldPress Photo
Nominee in Story Photography Grant Magazine . Usa
Finalist. Festival della Fotografia Etica Spot Light, category. / Italy.
Winner. Helsinki Photo Festival / Finland.
Finalist. OnSoria Photo / Documentary project. /Spain.
Finalist. Grant Photon-Festival ./ Documentary project. /Spain.
Winner. The Whasington Post Open Call for photografers./ USA
2018
Winner. Gollut Festival . Social cinema and photojournalism. ( Spain)
Winner. Santander-Photo. Multimedia contest. ( Spain )
Third Place. International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY). Open Category Photojournalism / Story.( USA )
2017
Finalist. Dofoto Slovakia Documentary Contest. Documentary project. Slovakia
Finalist. Urban Festival Trieste Contest. Italy
Finalist. Photon Festival Documentary Contest. Spain
Selected. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards ( Georgia ). Documentary Project.
Third Place. International Photographer of the Year ( IPOTY) Open Category Photojournalism / Story. Usa
Double Honorable Mention. Monochrome Awards . International Black and White Photography Conetst Photojournalism UK.
2016
Honorable Mention. TIFA. Tokio International Foto Awards in Editorial-Photo Essay. Japan.
Nominee in Story Photography Grant Magazine . Usa
Second Place. IPA . International Photography Awards . ( USA ). Editorial, Photo Essay and Feature Story.
Honorable Mention in People – Life Style. MIFA. Moscow International Foto Awards . (Rusia )
Selected. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards 2016. ( Georgia ) Documentary and reportage.
2015
XV Scholarship Photography and Journalism, “ Santa Maria de Albarracín”. (Spain).
2019 Capital Animal Villena. Casa de la Cultura, KAKV, Alicante . Spain
2018 Alicante Capital Animal. Spain
2017 l’Association Nationale des Iconographes (ANI). Colective exhibition. Visa pour l´image. Perpignan.France.
At the moment, I dedicate myself to the accomplishment of photographic works of long route related to social projects and human character.
Awards and Mentions
2020Honorable Mention. The Whasington Post Open Call for photografers./ USA
2019
Nominee. 6x6 Global Talent WorldPress Photo
Nominee in Story Photography Grant Magazine . Usa
Finalist. Festival della Fotografia Etica Spot Light, category. / Italy.
Winner. Helsinki Photo Festival / Finland.
Finalist. OnSoria Photo / Documentary project. /Spain.
Finalist. Grant Photon-Festival ./ Documentary project. /Spain.
Winner. The Whasington Post Open Call for photografers./ USA
2018
Winner. Gollut Festival . Social cinema and photojournalism. ( Spain)
Winner. Santander-Photo. Multimedia contest. ( Spain )
Third Place. International Photographer of the Year (IPOTY). Open Category Photojournalism / Story.( USA )
2017
Finalist. Dofoto Slovakia Documentary Contest. Documentary project. Slovakia
Finalist. Urban Festival Trieste Contest. Italy
Finalist. Photon Festival Documentary Contest. Spain
Selected. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards ( Georgia ). Documentary Project.
Third Place. International Photographer of the Year ( IPOTY) Open Category Photojournalism / Story. Usa
Double Honorable Mention. Monochrome Awards . International Black and White Photography Conetst Photojournalism UK.
2016
Honorable Mention. TIFA. Tokio International Foto Awards in Editorial-Photo Essay. Japan.
Nominee in Story Photography Grant Magazine . Usa
Second Place. IPA . International Photography Awards . ( USA ). Editorial, Photo Essay and Feature Story.
Honorable Mention in People – Life Style. MIFA. Moscow International Foto Awards . (Rusia )
Selected. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Awards 2016. ( Georgia ) Documentary and reportage.
2015
XV Scholarship Photography and Journalism, “ Santa Maria de Albarracín”. (Spain).
Exibitions
2019 Helsinki Photo Festival. “Anarchy”. Colective exposition. Finland.2019 Capital Animal Villena. Casa de la Cultura, KAKV, Alicante . Spain
2018 Alicante Capital Animal. Spain
2017 l’Association Nationale des Iconographes (ANI). Colective exhibition. Visa pour l´image. Perpignan.France.