Street Child Spain Foundation and TMB Foundation present the photography exhibition <em>QUINCE: Through the Eyes of a Generation</em> at Espai Mercè.

This exhibition is a participatory photography project carried out in collaboration with local photographers from Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Ukraine, and Uganda, who led photographic creation workshops with 15-year-olds in these unique and complex corners of the world. From areas of active conflict and refugee camps to remote communities, this exhibition explores what it means to be 15 years old in drastically different contexts.

The origin of this exhibition is based on a successful pilot participatory photography project by the Street Child Foundation in collaboration with Nigerian independent photographer and filmmaker Nelson Apochi Owoicho, aimed at empowering and inspiring girls at risk of dropping out of school in Nigeria. Later, in each of the countries, Street Child worked with local photographers and partners to organize participatory photography workshops with 15-year-olds.

Alongside the foundation's educational programs in these communities, the training provided them with the opportunity to express themselves through creativity.

The added value of this exhibition lies in the opportunity to offer children and young people, who are the driving force of change and the primary reason for Street Child's existence, an expressive tool and a safe space to tell their own stories. At the same time, it emphasizes the importance of their education for their personal development and that of their communities.

With this initiative, TMB Foundation showcases the work of a social entity developing cooperation and development projects, aligning with the TMB Solidarity project, while also focusing on the education of children and adolescents, in line with the TMB Education project.

Until 5 September, the Espai Mercè Sala will be presenting an exhibition organised by the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation, which looks at humankind's relationship with the oceans through a series of photographs.

Promoted by the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation in collaboration with the TMB Foundation, the exhibition shows images that bring to mind questions about the oceans: how we experience them, enjoy them, suffer them and need them.
The 25 photographs offer a reflection on the relationship we have with the sea according to where in the world we were born, from different perspectives, and on the relationship that human beings have with the oceans, from an artistic and creative perspective. The authors are amateur and professional photographers who have shared their unique vision of the sea.

Under the slogan “What would a sea open to everyone be like?,” the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation organised an international photography competition that sought to find the most iconic image of what the sea means for humans. More than 2.500 photographs were received from all over the world. The finalist photographs can be seen at the Espai Mercè Sala exhibition. 

More information about the Espai Mercè Sala.
 

The TMB Foundation, aligned with the values of the America’s Cup

Between 22 August and 27 October, Barcelona will host the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, the oldest sports competition in history, and the most important in the world of sport sailing.

Barcelona Capital Nàutica (FBCN) is a public foundation whose mission is to promote Catalonia and Barcelona as nautical points of reference in the world, through the development of projects in the areas of innovation and sustainability, education, sport, the blue economy and maritime culture. The FBCN played a key role in the logistics organisation of the UN Ocean Decade Conference, and is now scheduled to be the venue for the 37th America’s Cup, which will be held in Barcelona in September and October 2024.   

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) is working to achieve the United Nations 2030 Agenda’s sustainable development goals and the Catalan Climate Change Office's programme of voluntary agreements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. All the activities are organised taking social responsibility and sustainability criteria into account.