A human tower victory

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Photographer

David Oliete
Prize

1st Place / Event/Competitive Event
Company/Studios

www.davidoliete.com
Date of Photograph

October 7, 2018
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Website

http://www.davidoliete.com

The human tower team “Colla Vella Xiquets de Valls” was the winner of last edition of the “Concurs de Castells”, one of the most important cultural traditions in the region of Catalonia, in Spain, for more than 200 years. The team got this achievement after completing successfully some of the highest and most difficult human structures ever seen. The “Concurs de Castells” takes place once every two years in the city of Tarragona with the participation of 34 teams. The higher and difficult to build a tower is, the more points a team gets.

Biography

David Oliete is a freelance photographer born in 1986 in Tarragona, Spain. After living in Cardiff and Barcelona he came back to his hometown from where he currently works on mainly social and documentary projects. He has been involved in many documentary photography and video projects in countries such as Nepal, Korea, Morocco, Tunisia, Sweden, Italy or Spain. His recent work related to the Catalan Human Towers has been published worldwide. David is currently working on both personal and commissioned assignments in Spain and abroad.