David Simon Martret was born in Barcelona, where he is living currently. He began Philosophy’s degree at the University of Barcelona. Nevertheless, he started to be interested in “an expression form and look around kind, a knowledge way of himself and a search of anothers”; the Photography. Likewise, he has studied it in the IEFC (Institut d’estudis fotogràfics de Catalunya).
David works as a freelance photographer and social documentary artist. And he travels around working on his own national and international projects. He is obtaining his first positive results: he has won the photographic award Clic’10 and he has been selected as Spanish representative in the “Student Focus 2009” (Sony World Photography Awards).
| AWARDS | |
| 2011 | 'Pati de la Llotja' Selected & Exhibition (Photography and visual Arts International Festival, Lleida, SP) |
| 2010 | 'Clic’10' Winner & Exhibition to Visa Off (Visa por l’Image 2010, Perpignan, FR). 'Fotografía y Creación en los espacios del INCASOL' 3rd Price (Generalitat de Catalunya, SP). 'Mirades' Finalist & Exhibition (II Photography Festival of Torroella de Montgrí, Girona, SP). |
| 2009 |
'Sony World Photography Awards 2009' Selected & Exhibition (University Category), Cannes, FR. 'XIII José María Pérez Molinos’s photography price' Finalist (CC.OO Catalunya, SP). 'Autorretratos' Finalist (Bamako, VII Photographic african meeting, CCCB Barcelona, SP). 'Stripart' Finalist & Exhibition (Social center Horta- Guinardó, Barcelona, SP). |
| 2008 | 'Stripart' Finalist & Exhibition (Social center Horta- Guinardó, Barcelona, SP). |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2011 | 'La Sala' (Contemporany Art Center, Vilanova i la Geltrú, SP): 'Docu.ments' (Group exhibition). 'El Tinglado' (Cultural exhibition area, Tarragona, SP):'Clic 2009 and 2010. Young photojournalism' (Group exhibition) 'Salle Théodore Monod' ( Perpignan, FR ) : 'Leninakán' 'Stripart Gallery' (Barcelona, SP ): 'Visual Zoo' (Single Exhibition) |
| 2010 |
Fnac L’Illa (Barcelona, SP): 'Concrecions. La Fotografía interpreta Gomringer' (Group exhibition). FAD (Barcelona,SP): 'Fotografía y Creación en los espacios del INCASOL' (Group exhibition). |
| 2009 | IEFC. Institut d’ Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (Barcelona, SP): '41 Miradas sobre los daños humanos en el Medio Ambiente de la Tierra' (Group exhibition). Hostelart Gallery (Barcelona, SP): 'Nature alive' (Single Exhibition). |