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Pep Bonet (Mallorca, 1974) is an award-winning film-
maker and photographer who has travelled extensively
capturing profound moments that represent the unbalan-
ced world in which we live. His longer-term projects focus
on African issues, with his most well known project being
“Faith in Chaos”, a photo essay on the aftermath of the
war in Sierra Leone. Pep’s ongoing work around the globe
on HIV/Aids and identity has led to several photography
books and many exhibitions worldwide.
He is also know for a long-term reportage on the rock ‘n
roll band Motörhead. Pep spent many years (2008-2015)
on the road with Lemmy Kilmister, the legendary singer of
the band and created an exceptional visual document of
the many hours spent on the road with Motörhead.
Pep crafted himself into shooting documentaries. This
resulted in several short and long documentary films,
amongst which the award winning ‘Into the Shadows’, a
pursuit into the lives of hundreds of thousands of Africans
living in the inner city of Johannesburg.
His list of publications include
“Remarkable South Africans”(
Photobolsillo from La Fabrica
nish photographers, “One G
The Invisible Trace” (2007), “Q
book written by Carles Dome
Watching in Silence (2011), 1
NOOR book (2008), We the pe
Röadkill, Motörhead (2013)…
Pep is a photographer, a film
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and on assignments for clien
lectures on photography / mu
workshops. Pep lives in Mallo
Websites:
http://pepbonet.com/
http://altamar.tv/
http://noorimages.com/
Pep’s work has been recognized with many industry
awards. It started in 2002 when he was selected for the
World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass with his work
“Faith in Chaos”. That same year he was nominated “one
of the top 30 to watch” by Photo District News. Pep won
the Kodak Young Photographer of the Year in 2003 at the
festival Visa pour l`image, and the Luchetta Foundation in
Trieste awarded him the best press photographer of the
year in 2004.
He was a recipient of the W. Eugene Smith Humanistic
Grant in Photography in 2005 and in 2007 won the se-
cond prize in the World Press Photo contest in the Sports
category for his work on the amputees’ football league in
Sierra Leone. In 2009 Pep won a second World Press Photo
Award for his work “Forced Identity”, portraying the lives
of transsexuals in Honduras. In 2013, Pep won his third
World Press Photo Award winning in the category Mul-
timedia for Into the Shadows. In 2015 Pep has been the
reipient of the Horbach Award.
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