Carme Molist’s photograph of the drought in Sau, which shows the meander of the dry Ter and a person with an umbrella on a day when it was barely raining, has been chosen as La Vanguardia’s Best Reader Photo of 2023.
During a special edition of La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Debate, presented by Carlota Garcia Lorenzo, the jury (made up of Xavier Cervera, editor-in-chief of Photography and Documentation at La Vanguardia and associate professor at the UAB; and Narcís Serrat , representative of the readers) has chosen Molist’s image as the most representative photographically and informatively of 2023, a year marked by persistent drought.
In second position, the jury has chosen the image of the multicultural nativity scene in Plaza Sant Jaume, by Oriol Admetlla, in which Muslim women appear contemplating a nativity scene of Christian tradition.
And, in third position, the jury has chosen the snapshot of the summer autumn in the Mediterranean, by Lina Aguasca, another image related to the issue of climate change.
In the following video you can follow the course of the Debate and the deliberations of the jury members. You can also see an interview with chef José Parilla and Elisa Pérez, Communication Director of the Eboca group, who explain the special menu that the winner of the 2023 La Vanguardia Reader’s Best Photo will be able to taste at the Pelai restaurant.
Courtesy of Club Vanguardia, Oriol Admetlla and Lina Aguasca will be able to enjoy two invitations to attend with a companion the preview of the play Els Watson at the Teatre Nacional de Catalunya (TNC), in Barcelona, ??next Wednesday, February 7 at 7 p.m. .
In total, 16 photographs (the best of each month; in April and December there were three selected) went to the final phase.
After a period of voting among readers, six photographs went to the jury’s final deliberation phase. Among these, the three best La Vanguardia Reader Photos of 2023 have been chosen.