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BIOGRAPHY:
Miguel is restless in his intentions to satisfy his personal requirements in capturing still images, the colour and reactions of people, places & events. Shows the public in images, the diversity of humanity from their way of life, practices, homes, beliefs, traditions, relations, costumes, and reactions to issues or general situations of the time.
He specializes in the human drama of life – from the subtle to the extreme where humanity struggles to live off what is available, struggle against difficulties even the simple laughter brought by little to big things in life. In time, images he captures through his camera lens are documents of a rich, and colourful way of life, snap shots of a history of mankind’s social life. He sees his works as an affirmation that "Every person has his or her individual unique history, every individual has an intriguing story to tell."
Candela is a Spanish national and has travelled extensively and stayed for weeks to photo document people and communities’ way of life in Mali, Kenya in Africa, in the north east of the United States, across China, the Philippines and in his current base of operations in Hong Kong.
At a young age during his post university years in the United States, he was awarded first and third prize for a photography contest organized by "Boston Press Photography Association" (BPPA), He was also named as a finalist for a contest organized by "Photographer’s Forum Magazine" edition 2008 and 2009 and during the "National Geographic 2008" (a Spanish national contest). In 2009 and 2010 he was once again named finalist for the "Photographer´s Forum Magazine" and at the international competition "Sony World Photography Awards," respectively.
He was featured by the Spanish radio program “Onda Madrid” as well as the Spanish news agency EFE, articles featuring him and his work later published by newspapers “El Mundo” and “Diario Información,” the largest news dailies in Spain.
He has staged several exhibitions starting in 2009, brought his chosen images for exhibition in Hong Kong and Beijing for the Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), where images of the life in Mali used for the exhibition helped promote and raise funds destined for “MSF” programs in Africa.
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