Cristinade Middel, Publication award-winner In 1964, still living the dream of their recently gained independence, Zambia began a space program with the hope of sending the first African to the moon—catching up CristinaDe Middel. Born 1975, Alicante, Spain. Lives and works between Mexico and Brazil. After a 10-year career as a photojournalist and humanitarian photographer, Cristina de Middel stepped outside of the photojournalistic gaze. She investigates photography’s ambiguous relationship to truth, blending documentary and conceptual photographic In2013, Cristina’s publication The Afronauts (2012) won her an ICP Infinity Award and a place as a finalist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. Feeling a change in photojournalism, she applied to Magnum. In 2019, she became an associate member. Cristina was surprised but greatly encouraged by the historic agency’s recognition of her
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Hesselled a conversation between two Magnum photographers: Olivia Arthur, speaking in the last month of her role as president of the agency, and Cristina de Middel, who would be voted in as her successor a month later at an AGM in New York City. The conversation, however, revolved around their parallel practices. Whileworking as a photojournalist, de Middel’s passion for finding unconventional angles led to the acclaimed series The Afronauts. The project explores the story of an . 73 135 50 268 113 106 109 123

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