At the beginning of 2025, I began a grassroots initiative: a community kitchen to support a group of young men living in Barcelona’s Parc de la Ciutadella.
What started as a desire to provide meals quickly evolved into something broader—an ongoing practice of solidarity, care, and creative documentation. Funded by Esperanca, the mission consisted of preparing food, offering hygiene kits and educational resources, connecting the men with social and legal services, and most importantly, building relationships grounded in trust and mutual respect.
Through these friendships, I gained the permission to document their daily lives using my two analogue cameras. The images are entirely unedited and raw, capturing moments of vulnerability, joy, and resilience exactly as they appeared.
Each photograph was developed at LomoLAB in Born, honoring the tactile, material process of analogue photography, which mirrors the tangible and delicate nature of the lives depicted.
The project emerged from a commitment to social justice; an attempt to make visible those whom society often overlooks.
Many of the young men have been separated from their families, navigating precarious legal statuses and enduring the isolation of migration. In this context, photography becomes more than an artistic practice; it is a tool of empowerment, a way to assert agency, and a method of bearing witness to lived realities that rarely enter public discourse.
The work also reflects the ethics of consent and collaboration.
Every image was taken with the full awareness and authorization of the subjects, ensuring that their stories are represented on their terms. The result is a visual archive that privileges authenticity over aesthetics, presence over performance, and empathy over voyeurism.
Through this project, I aim to challenge dominant narratives about migration, precarity, and invisibility.
These photographs do not claim to speak for the men, but rather to amplify their voices, reveal their resilience, and highlight the everyday acts of dignity, humor, and care that sustain them.
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