It’s an indisputable fact that Spain has produced some of the most inspiring visual journalists of the last two decades, and we are quite happy to present you today the work of another one of those talented designers: Josemi Benítez, who has been responsible for the graphics section of the newspaper El Correo (Bilbao) for seven years.
Josemi began in the world of storytelling through images and texts working as a freelance artist for several advertising agencies, while getting degrees in Journalism and Advertising at the Universidad del País Vasco. In 1999 he began working as a Web designer in the Bilbao newspaper, helping to create elcorreo.com.
In 2002, Josemi returned to the paper version of the newspaper, coinciding with a key moment of the graphic evolution of the El Correo. Infographics gained space and a new style of graphics was buzzing. Since then, his work has been awarded a number of times by the Society for News Design and Malofiej News Design awards. In addition to his work at El Correo, he also taught infographic design at the University of Navarra and the Master in Multimedia El Correo-UPV / EHU.
Here are the works Josemi sent us:
Tragedy in the Alps | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez, Gonzalo de las Heras, Isabel Toledo | El Correo)
Cycling in 60 minutes | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Rowing | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez, Gonzalo de las Heras | El Correo)
Tour de France | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benitez, Emma Barrio | El Correo)
Free Diving | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Jesus crucified | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Weightlifting and Fence | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez, Alberto Lucas Lopez | El Correo)
Snakes | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
The injuries of Puyol | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Waterloo Battle | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Kiss | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Santa Maria cathedral | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Hunting | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
New ship wreck | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
The happy penance of the bearers | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
Why the Kenyans always win? | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
The day of the heroes | El Correo
(image: Josemi Benítez | El Correo)
You can connect with Josemi on LinkedIn and Twitter (@JosemiBenitez), and we’ll return next week with another featured infographic designer.
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Written by Tiago Veloso
Tiago Veloso is the founder and editor of Visualoop and Visualoop Brasil . He is Portuguese, currently based in Bonito, Brazil.