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The great rural photographer Pablo Oliveri selects some of his favorite photographs

Tiempo de lectura: 3 mins.

For nearly 30 years, he has specialized in photography and has taken hundreds of trips portraying the life and work of those who sustain global food security with their efforts every day.

Buenos Aires, 23 August 2021 (IICA). Pablo Oliveri is an agricultural engineer. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a postgraduate degree in Rural Development, and has transformed his passion for rurality into images.
 
For nearly 30 years, he has specialized in photography and has taken hundreds of trips portraying the life and work of those who sustain global food security with their efforts every day.
 
 “At some point, I started taking photos and realized that this is what I wanted to do. I fell in love with photography and, being an agronomist, I combined it with my knowledge of agricultural issues. I learned while I worked, and also received training from different teachers”, says Oliveri, before describing some of his best photos.

Foto tomada en la provincia de Tucumán en plena zafra azucarera en el año 1995. Forma parte de la serie “Hombres y mujeres de nuestra tierra” También fue una de las 10 fotos que integró la serie que ganó el 2° premio del concurso “El Campo Argentino” del diario La Nación en 1996.Foto tomada en la localidad de Tres Arroyos, provincia de Buenos Aires en 1996. La imagen retrata a un productor agropecuario de la zona, descendiente de la colonización danesa del sudeste bonaerense. Forma parte también de la serie “Hombres y mujeres de nuestra tierra”.Foto tomada en la provincia de Misiones en el año 1995 en la casa de la familia Da Silva, localidad de Picada Santa Rosa, Departamento de Leandro N. Alem. En la foto, la señora Da Silva está cosechando manualmente hojas de tabaco. La imagen forma parte de la serie “Tabacaleros”.Foto tomada en Rucachoroi, provincia de Neuquén en el año 2005. La imagen se llama “Tejedora mapuche”. Forma parte de la serie “Hombres y mujeres de nuestra tierra” La foto recibió el primer premio en la categoría “Mujer trabajadora” en el concurso “Los trabajos y los días” que organiza anualmente la Escuela Nacional Sindical en Medellín, Colombia, en el año 2007.Foto tomada en el Jardín Botánico de la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA) en el 2012. En la foto se ve al Ing. Agr. Juan José Valla, profesor de Botánica y uno de los grandes maestros de la Facultad de Agronomía, mostrándoles el jardín a un grupo de alumnos. La imagen forma parte de la serie “Profesores”, expuesta en la galería de arte de la FAUBA en 2017.

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