Delmi Alvarez grew up in Vigo, and studied high school. Early He began to work as electrician man by day to pay studies and by nigth goes to the institute of Coia to finish the elementary Bachelor. He did try to follow studies of History and Geography in the University but interrupted it by traveling Canary Islands, working as temporary photographer, selling tickets for clubs in the street supporting himself. Later he went to London to study english working as bar tender, gardener and photojournalist as part-time jobs for AP, AFP and REUTERS agencies. Once he come backs to Galicia gaves workshops of photojournalism in small villages and faculties. He began the long term documentary project Galegos na Diaspora to show the Exodus of the galicians around the world. He traveled around the all continents. Actually he lives in the diaspora in Riga, Latvia from 2002.
In 1991 spent one year in Cuba working in a documentary project about the life of the cubans (Cuba, el ultimo bastion , la lucha de un pueblo). Later in Barceolna, his work was recognized with a Fotopres prize.
During the next years Delmi follow working in his long term project of the Galician exodus around the world, traveling by Europa, Asia and Oceania, both Americas and Africa. This project never was recognized in Galicia, his mother land and in 2002 he decides live in Latvia, to work with more freedom and his projects. Always have on mind like many thousands of galicians in the diaspora come back to the Terra (land) and live, work and show the new generations of photojournalists the not easy way to be a eyewitness in the world.
From 1190 till 1993 he covered the Yugoslavia war as correspondent for La Voz de Galicia newspaper sending pictures and texts. This experience gave to him a personal opinion about the conflicts in the world and after lost a few friends photographes he decides don't cover more the wars.
As a film maker, he has worked as a cameraman and director/producer. Recent work includes credits on "O rei galego de Africa" for the TVG network (Namibia,2007/08). In progress is the project Galcian Diaspora with more chapters.
