David Olivera

David Olivera (born 1972, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands Spain) is a photographer and director of photography from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands.
Artistic career.
His artistic and professional career has led him to work and develop projects in Europe, America and Africa.
He is filming the documentary "Echoes of Creative Collisions", a look at co-working spaces in the United States, for the production company New Logic Cine.
He is the curator and director of the photographic exhibition "Limbo", displaying work of the artist Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (2016, in progress) at Tenerife Space of the Arts (TEA).
He is director of the company FOTHOTEL, dedicated to photography and cinema advertising for hotels and tourist establishments.
His work "The Forgotten People", developed in Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, received the Eva Fernández Award for Artistic Creation 2007 from the government of Tenerife Island, Spain.
In 2010 he was selected to participate in the prestigious Festival of Photography, FOTOFEST, in Houston, USA. Taking part in the Portfolio Review section gave him the opportunity to contact several art galleries in America and Asia to develop new projects.
He was the director of photography and camera operator on the documentary "The Land of the Blue Men, 35 years later" (2010) on Rios TV, shot in Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara and the Canary Islands.
He was the producer of the film "Soldiers in the Shadows" (2009), shot in New York City, also performing the functions of camera operator (second unit), first assistant director, and still photography.
He has published five art books: "San Borondón: la isla descubierta" (2005), "Armadura de Tabaiba" (2006), "Soldados en la Sombra, David Olivera diary" (2008), "Madagascar 1906" (2013), and "Dakar el viaje inesperado" (2015).
His artistic work has been exhibited in places like the Canary Islands, Barcelona, New York, Utrecht, Ghent, and Brussels.