Stefano Buonamici | Indignados

May 28, 2011

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I was born in Milan in 1961 but when I was still a young boy my family moved to Florence. For this reason I love Florence more than any other place in the world. I attended the Istituto d’Arte di Firenze until 1980 and graduated in Graphical Design. I went into cinematographic documentation and later the photojournalism.
In December 2001 I moved to Spain and, since then, I live in Barcelona. My pictures are regularly published by some important magazines in Italy, Spain, Finland, Norway, Germany and USA.
Personal website: www.buonamici.com

Indignados (May 27th, 2011)
At 7.30 in the morning, the Catalan police began the operation to remove hundreds of demonstrators that were camping day and night in Plaza Catalonia, in the center of Barcelona, the last two weeks. The demonstrators of the called 15-M movement, the INDIGNADOS, are protesting against the economical crisis and the cuts done to the Welfare State (education and health) by the regional government. On May 27th, the police got out of control when removing the people from the square. After some hours of tension, around 12.30 the police retreat and the demonstrators went back to the place. The INDIGNADOS, that have occupied the main squares of Madrid and Barcelona and around 40 other Spanish cities, are a movement not linked to any political movement. The ask the government more social justice, to fight against corruption and the privileges of the politicians, and do not want to be only ones to pay for the economical crisis. Today the unemployment in Spain is around 4 million people, most of them young people. While I’m writing, I have news of more incidents, I take the camera and run to square.