La mesa de luz

US actress Meryl Streep poses for photographers at the photocall for the film “The Iron Lady” presented at the Berlinale film festival on February 14, 2012 in Berlin where she will receive the Honorary Golden Bear for her life’s work. The 62nd Berlinale, the first major European film festival of the year, kicked off on February 9, 2012, with 23 productions screening in the main showcase. Eighteen pictures will vie for the Golden Bear top prize at the event running to February 19. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

Como muchos sabéis el diario Público esta sumergido en un concurso de acreedores que llevó al cierre de la edición papel el pasado 24 de febrero. Desde ese día mi trabajo como editor gráfico tocó a su fin a pesar de seguir siendo empleado de la empresa que editaba el periódico. A día de hoy ya tengo la certeza de que no trabajaré más en el desaparecido Público ni en su web. Termina un ciclo y, como adelantaba en mi post #porquePublicomehacefalta, he de poner fin a “La Mesa de Luz” tal y como la hemos conocido en la web de Público.

Han sido casi cinco años trabajando en la mesa de fotografía y cuatro años desde mi post de presentación de “La Mesa de Luz” que estaba ilustrado con una foto de la Berlinale muy parecida a la que encabeza hoy mi entrega de despedida. Han sido unos preciosos años donde he crecido en lo personal y lo profesional. Esta bitácora solo me ha dado grandes alegrías y este adiós solo me trae tristeza.

Gracias de corazón a todos los que habéis seguido, disfrutado y valorado mi trabajo en “La Mesa de Luz”. Y gracias a todos los compañeros que me ayudaron a sacar el blog adelante. Solo espero que se trate de un punto y seguido y que pueda seguir con este formato, con esta profesión, en algún otro lugar. Por ello os emplazo a visitar mi nuevo espacio web www.mesadeluz.es donde os mantendré informados de mis proyectos en esta nueva etapa. También os invito a no perder el contacto conmigo y con “La Mesa de Luz” a través de Twitter y de Facebook.

Me despido y cierro con esta edición gráfica marcada con uno de mis tags favoritos: fotógrafos trabajando. Que sirva también como homenaje a todos esos grandes fotógrafos cuyas imágenes han ilustrado durante estos cuatro años “La Mesa de Luz”… El blog de un esbirro de la edición gráfica.

Gracias otra vez y suerte.

José Pujol

Spain’s driver Nani Roma steers his Mini as photographers take pictures during the Stage 2 of the 2012 Dakar Rally between Santa Rosa de la Pampa and San Rafael, Argentina, on January 2, 2012. Qatar’s driver Nasser Al-Attiyah won the stage.    AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE DESMAZES

Members of the media stand at Sussex Street near the New Hope Baptist Church where the funeral service for the late singer Whitney Houston will take place in Newark, New Jersey February 18, 2012.  REUTERS/Mike Segar   (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT OBITUARY MEDIA)

Photographers wait prior to the start of US designer Rick Owens’ Fall/Winter 2012-2013 ready-to-wear collection show, on March 1, 2012 in Paris. AFP PHOTO/FRANCOIS GUILLOT

France’s President and UMP right-wing ruling party’s candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Nicolas Sarkozy (C) is pictured by photographers during a campaign visit in Annecy on February 16, 2012. The French presidential election campaign got under way in earnest after Nicolas Sarkozy staked a claim to be the only leader strong enough to see France through unprecedented crisis.   AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK

Photographers shoot French striker Nicolas Anelka as he warms up before his team Shanghai Shenhua plays in a friendly match against Hunan Xiangtao at their training ground in Shanghai on February 21, 2012.  Anelka has also expressed hopes that his former teammate, Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, will join him at Shenhua but he said it would be up to management. Shenhua has confirmed it is in talks with Drogba. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS

Models pose for photographers backstage prior the Elena Miro Fall-winter 2012-2013 collection on February 22, 2012 during the Women’s fashion week in Milan. Italian fashion house Elena Miro’s models — voluptuous, sensual, but most of all “real” — slinked down the catwalk to kick off Milan Fashion Week.  AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS

View of a picture displaying the broken hand of a Basque press photographer next to a photographer’s camera taken during a protest by Basques press photographers in front of the Basque regional police, Ertzaintza, headquarters in the Northern Spanish Basque town of Durango, on February 8, 2012, two days after Basque policemen broke the finger of a photographer of El Mundo newspaper and destroyed the camera of another photojournalist of Argazki Press agency during the Spanish Cup match Athletic Bilbao v Mirandes. AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS

Photographers are seen shooting Chanel fashion house presentation for Women’s Fall-Winter, ready-to-wear 2013 fashion collection, during Paris Fashion week, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

German actress Diane Kruger poses for photographers on the red carpet at the premiere of the film Farewell my Queen (Les adieux à la Reine) on February 9, 2012 in Berlin. The 62nd Berlinale, the first major European film festival of the year, kicked off on February 9, 2012, with 23 productions screening in the main showcase. Eighteen pictures will vie for the Golden Bear top prize at the event running to February 19, with a jury led by British director Mike Leigh selecting the winner. AFP PHOTO / GERARD JULIEN

NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 14: Photographers line up to shoot Pekingese Malachy after winning Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on February 14, 2012 in New York City. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show was first held in 1877, is the second-longest continuously held sporting event in the U.S., second only to the Kentucky Derby.   Michael Nagle/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

TEG11. COMAYAGUA (HONDURAS), 15/02/2012.- Un grupo de periodistas queda atrapado en los enfrentamientos entre policí­as y familiares de los presos de la Granja Penal de Comayagua hoy, miércoles 15 de febrero de 2012, en Comayagua (Honduras). Más de 350 presos pueden haber muerto en el incendio registrado en esta prisión, aunque se cree que esa cifra puede incluir también a algunos otros que se hayan fugado, de acuerdo con fuentes penitenciarias. EFE/Gustavo Amador

JMJ74. MADRID, 19/08/2011.- Dos religiosos preparan sus cámaras en la plaza de Cibeles de la capital donde esta tarde el papa Benedicto XVI presidirá el viacrucis con los jóvenes, en su segundo día de estancia en Madrid, con motivo de la celebración de la XXVI Jornada Mundial de la Juventud. EFE/Chema Moya

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120214 BARCELONA Presentacion del libro Vamos Arantxa de la extenista Arantxa Sanchez Vicario en la casa del libro PUBLICO Manu Fernandez

TOPSHOTS A photographer looks for a different angle while photographing the ‘Secret Postcard’ exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London on November 17, 2011. Around 3000 postcard size artworks have been created and donated by artists and designers including Tracey Emin, Yoko Ono, Grayson Perry, David Bailey and Anish Kapoor for a charity sale, where the identity of each card’s author is kept secret until after it has been purchased. The sale will take place at the Royal College of Art on the November 26 with each card costing 45 British pounds. AFP PHOTO / ADRIAN DENNIS

FILE In this Feb. 16, 2010 file photo, a model takes a tumble on the runway during the Marc by Marc Jacobs fall 2010 fashion show, during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

A media tarde ha llegado esta edición de la agencia americana Ap en la que aparecen modelos perdiendo el equilibrio en la pasarela. Zapatos nuevos con tacones imposibles  de tallas incorrectas, tarimas resbaladizas o zancadas vistosas pero poco seguras, pueden ser las causas de estas vergonzosas caidas.  Se supone que estas fotos sirven para ilustrar algún tema sobre la vida de las modelos que no tiene relevancia en España. Pero me han hecho gracia y me ha parecido indicado compartirlas con vosotros. Imágenes en que las chicas guapas también tropiezan y caen al suelo.

FILE In this Sept. 18, 2010 file photo, a model loses her balance and falls during the showing of the Betty Jackson collection during Fashion Week in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

FILE – In this Feb. 15, 2009 file photo, a model falls down on the runway while modeling the fall 2009 collection of Herve Leger by Max Azria during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

FILE In this Sept. 11, 2010 file photo, a model stumbles before falling on the runway as the Z Spoke by Zac Posen spring 2011 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE – In this Oct. 20, 2011 file photo, a model loses her balance while modeling the 2012 spring/summer collection by Araisara during Fashion Week in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

FILE – In this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo, a model trips and falls during the Proenza Schouler spring 2007 runway show during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Paul Hawthorne, File)

FILE – In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, a model falls to the runway during the Christian Siriano Fall 2011 show during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/File)

FILE – In this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, one model helps another up after she fell while walking the runway during the showing of Zac Posen’s Fall 2008 collection at Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

FILE – In this Feb. 22, 2011 file photo, a model walks the runway holding her shoe after loosing it during the showing of the Aquascutum collection during Fashion Week in London. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

MTI108 SALGOTARJAN (HUNGRÍA) 6/2/2012.- Imagen de un copo de nieve, en Salgotarjan, a 109 kms al noreste de Budapest, Hungrí­a, hoy, lunes, 6 de febrero de 2012. EFE/Peter Komka PROHIBIDO SU USO EN HUNGRÍA

Una ola de frío siberiano recorre Europa y comparto con vosotros esta edición gráfica con la nieve, el hielo y el frío como protagonista. En diciembre de 2010 ya hice otra edición sobre el mismo tema con el título de “La nieve cubre Europa”, si os quedáis con ganas de más nieve os lo recomiendo. También os invito a ver las ediciones gráficas sobre esta última ola de frío europea en The Big Picture de The Boston Globe y de In Focus de The Atlantic.

Two people walk through the snow-laden footpaths of Alexandra Park, north London on February 5, 2012. Heavy snow fell overnight across South East England, causing many roads to become blocked.  AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL

An advertising hoarding of the Osborne bull in Burgos peeks out the side of a snowy escarpment as snow hits northern Spain on February 5, 2012. The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives today, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.  AFP PHOTO / CESAR MANSO

A warning sign is seen on top of the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in the western Caucasian mountains near Krasnaya Polyana some 40 km outside of the Black Sea city of Sochi February 7, 2012. Rosa Khutor is hosting men’s and women’s downhill and super combined Alpine Skiing World Cup races over the next two weekend in preparation for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The weather conditions of the Olympic skiing venues are maritime and very likely to be similar to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in the Whistler mountains.       REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay  (RUSSIA – Tags: SPORT SKIING ENVIRONMENT)

A lion cub plays with a snowball at the Belgrade Zoo on February 5, 2012. In Serbia, almost 70,000 people are still cut off from their villages and 32 municipalities have declared a state of emergency, mostly in the south and southwest of the country. So far, nine people have died of cold in the country. The snow, which stopped falling early today, is expected to start again overnight, with temperatures falling below minus 10 degrees Celsius.  AFP PHOTO / ALEXA STANKOVIC

A man walks past an ice covered car on the frozen waterside promenade at Lake Geneva in the city Versoix, near Geneva on early February 5, 2012. The death toll from the vicious cold snap across Europe has risen to more than 260, with the winter misery set to hit thousands of those seeking to escape it as air traffic was hit.    AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

A blue tit feeds in a garden covered by snow in Cesson-Sevigne, Western France on February 05, 2012.  AFP PHOTO DAMIEN MEYER

KLM planes are seen through a plane’s window during heavy snowfall at Schiphol airport on February 3, 2012 near Dutch capital Amsterdam. AFP PHOTO/ PATRICK BAZ

Gulls fly over a partly frozen lake in in Berlin on January 15, 2012. First snow of the year fell on the German capital, with temperatures around the freezing point.      AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELE

A woman walks under snowfall on Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue on January 30, 2012. Heavy snowfall blanketed Turkey’s commercial hub Istanbul, a city of 15 million, paralysing daily life, disrupting air traffic and land transport. Officials said almost 200 flights were cancelled due to the snow expected to continue until late tomorrow, according to the weather forecast.    AFP PHOTO / MUSTAFA OZER

Sculptor Nenad Vuckovic puts the finishing touches to his snow sculpture, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Freezing weather is affecting huge areas of Europe disrupting traffic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A man protects himself with an umbrella as he walks on a street covered with snow in Pamplona, northern Spain, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.  Freezing weather is affecting huge areas of Europe and the weeklong cold snap, the worst in decades in Eastern Europe, has killed more than a hundred people, many of them homeless, especially in countries such as Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)

Snow covered land is seen in the town of Alexandria, northern Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.  Europeans across the continent have been battling more than a week of extreme weather, with thousands still trapped by snow in remote mountain villages and some hundreds dead after temperatures hit as low as minus 33 Fahrenheit (minus 36 Celsius); and European authorities now facing the prospect of flooding caused by melting snow. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

A skier passes a snow-covered field in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, on February 3, 2012. Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 220 lives and forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. AFP PHOTO/CHRISTOF STACHE

Precipitation drops are seen on a window as a man walks in a street in Kabul on January 22, 2012. The death toll from heavy snowfalls and avalanches rose to at least 28, an official said today. Dozens more people have been injured or are trapped in their homes under up to three metres 10 feet of snow in remote Badakhshan province, where main roads have been cut, making it difficult for rescue workers to reach affected villages. AFP PHOTO/ Qais Usyan

A fence is covered with snow after a heavy snowfall in the Northern Spanish Basque village of Izoria, on February 2, 2012.  A cold snap kept Europe in its icy grip, pushing the death toll to 160 as countries from Italy to Ukraine struggled to cope with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places.  AFP PHOTO / RAFA RIVAS

An unidentified pedestrian walks a dog through snow covered woodland outside York, north eastern England, as freezing weather hits the country Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. Britain is digging out after heavy snow fell across the country, grounding planes and snarling roads and railways. Much of the U.K. remains under an amber warning _ the Met Office’s second most serious _ of icy conditions after up to 16 centimeters (6.3 inches) fell overnight. Some motorists spent the night in their cars amid treacherous highway conditions, and officials urged drivers on Sunday to stay off the icy roads. (AP Photo/PA, Anna Gowthorpe)  UNITED KINGDOM OUT  NO SALES  NO ARCHIVE

Several inches of snow is seen on top of a Royal Mail post box in London February 5, 2012. Heavy snow is forecast overnight across central and southern England, with a possibility of up to 15 cm (6 inches) could fall in the London area. Temperatures were also not expected to climb above minus 2 degrees Celsius (28 degrees Fahrenheit), leading to icy conditions. REUTERS/Russell Boyce (BRITAIN – Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Snow covers boats on a frozen section of the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Serbian emergency officials said the army will use explosives to break up ice on the Danube and Ibar rivers to try to prevent the possibility of flooding.  (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

A goose peers from its snow-covered cage at a park in Istanbul January 31, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY – Tags: ANIMALS ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

Drift ice floats on the river Elbe on February 5, 2012 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week had claimed nearly 300 lives by February 5, 2012, brought air travel chaos to London and dumped snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.     AFP PHOTO / JENS WOLF    GERMANY OUT

Police officers carry bags with their food for the day as they walk through a snow covered  Hampstead Heath in London at the start of their morning shift, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

A rescue helicopter of the Helicopter Service RS, flies over an isolated village cut off by snow in eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina February 6, 2012. Europe’s bitterly cold weather killed another 33 people on Monday, with Bosnia recording its eighth victim after an 87-year- old woman died of hypothermia. Farmers were having problems feeding cattle because of the snow and milk production had dropped by 15 to 30 percent in the country, the Bosnia’s farmers association said.  REUTERS/Dado Ruvic (BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)

A detail shows freshly fallen snow on the iron work of the Eiffel Tower in Paris as sub-freezing winter temperatures continue in Europe February 5, 2012.     REUTERS/John Schults (FRANCE – Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL)

A robin (Erithacus rubecula)  sits next to icicles in a park in Weimar, eastern Germany, Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012.  Europe was hit by a cold spell with temperatures plummeting far below the freezing point.  (AP Photo/dapd/Candy Welz)

A crucifix on the Taubenberg mountain in Warngau is covered with snow on February 2, 2012. Snow and temperatures close to -14 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit) have hit parts of southern Germany in the last few days. German met office DWD expected the icy high pressure front from northern Russia to last well into next week.  REUTERS/Michael Dalder   (GERMANY – Tags: RELIGION TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT)

A photo taken on February 4, 2012 shows people looking at the ancient forum in Rome after a snowfall. A rare mantle of snow blanketed the historic center of Rome on February 3, forcing the closure of schools and tourist sites such as the Colosseum.    The snow covered palm trees, ancient Roman ruins and Baroque churches across the normally mild-weather Italian capital which has only seen one snowfall in the past 15 years in which the snow stayed on the ground for a whole day.  AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE