Manu Brabo

Manu Brabo (born c. 1981) is a Spanish photojournalist who was captured in Libya along with three other journalists while covering the Libyan Civil War in 2011 and who was part of the Associated Press team to win the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2013.

Personal Manuel Varela de Seijas Bravo was born in Zaragoza, Spain around 1981 and lived in Gijón, Spain. He studied photography at the School of Arts and Crafts in Oviedo and journalism at Charles III University in Madrid.

Career After completing his education, Brabo worked at some Spanish newspapers and news agencies. Brabo was one of the 16 journalists detained in Tripoli. While being held in Tripoli, they received a visit from a Spanish diplomat who reported that Brabo along with others were being held humanely and were treated well. He and the other journalists were found guilty in a Libyan court for entering without a proper visa and their sentences suspended. Brabo and the others were released on 18 May 2011.

Pulitzer Prize (2013)

Brabo took a photograph on 3 October 2012 during the aftermath of a car bombing in Aleppo, Syria. This photograph was part of a series of Associated Press breaking news photographs awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography in 2013.

Brabo shared the prize with AP photographers Rodrigo Abd, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen.

Awards 2006: (Translated: Young Authors Award) for "Caminos de hierro" 2013: Pictures of the Year International, 1st place, Spot News 2014: Giornalisti del Mediterraneo, Italy 2015: British Journalism Awards, Photojournalism 2016: Pictures of the Year International, 2nd, News Picture Story 2016: Press Awards, UK. "Photographer of the year 2015"