© Mónica R. Goya
Photography
March 2024
Chuffed to share new work for Punch magazine, a publication I have long admired. This story features the barraquito, a coffee cocktail and one of Tenerife’s most iconic drinks. I happened to be on Tenerife when the story was commissioned, so I could provide both images and text. You can read the full piece here. With thanks to Sergio Martín, of Las Terrazas del Sauzal restaurant, who kindly shared his recipe with us.
March 2024
New story for Punch magazine, featuring the combinación, one of those historic cocktails that it’s making a comeback in Madrid. With massive thanks to Diego Cabrera, of Viva Madrid fame, who was kind enough to share his recipe with us. Read full story here.
January 2024
New photography work for this month’s issue of Binter, a travel story about Irati.
October 2023
A new story (text and images) for El País featuring David Fernández, a miller who has brought back to life a 18th-century mill with the help of his mentor, Luis. He mills organic cereals, corn grown by himself, as well as rye, wheat and spelt. Read full story here.
August 2023
Very happy to have joined the team of contributors at El País Gastro, the new section of Spain’s leading newspaper El País.
My first story (writing and photography) is about a woman I deeply admire, Marigel Álvarez, a self-made entrepreneur who saved one of Asturias’s most legendary cheeses from disappearing and who also runs a charming rural hotel in one of Asturias’ most beautiful rural settings: Redes Natural Park. Read full story here.
March 2023
A lovely photography commission for German airlines magazine Wings (Ink), featuring the traditional cheesemakers of Gran Canaria. It’s the cover feature and it appears in the March - April issue. Written by Tina Walsh. Link here.
December 2022
New feature (photography and writing) for the latest issue of environmental magazine Ballena Blanca, featuring Manuela and her amazing journey towards a more sustainable neighbourhood. The story is also now available online in El Diario.
November 2022
New work (text and photography) for this month’s issue of Gourmets, featuring convent sweets.
Summer 2022
New writing and photo work for the summer issue of Food and Travel UK magazine, a guide to eat like a local in El Retiro neighbourhood.
September 2021
New work for Whetstone magazine, a long form feature on roxóns, a pork meat dish from northern Spain that is very attached to peasant culture and rural seasonal celebrations.
This mag is a favourite indie publication. With a focus on championing food to expand human empathy and challenging mainstream trends, they publish unique food stories from around the world. The work appears in the Issue 8, available to pre-order now. Please support independent journalism and buy or subscribe here.
July 2021
New work for Modern Farmer, featuring Flaura, the project of Laura López Terrón, an edible flower farmer who works on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Laura, the founder and owner, discusses her transition from office jobs to working the land, plus the difficulties of starting from scratch in a new place. Read full story here.
June 2021
It’s been a treat to work on this story (writing & photography) featuring some of Asturias’s most brilliant young cheesemakers. I was lucky to get that sunshine in winter, when I photographed the story. The work appears in the Travel Issue (summer 2021) of US magazine Culture Cheese.
December 2020
Photography of London’s bookshop Books for Cooks and portrait of his owner, Éric Treuille.
The work is published in SZ magazin, and available online.
December 2020
New article about the documentary “La Calle del Agua”, in which director Celia Viada tells the story of forgotten pioneer photographer Benjamina Miyar (1881 - 1961). Born in a rural small village in Asturias, northern Spain, Miyar was an independent woman who learnt the trade of her family, clockmaking, and run the clockmaker’s workshop when her dad passed away. She was a creative self-taught photographer who didn’t fit in the submissive role the fascist dictatorship had imposed on Spanish women. She was openly left leaning and was tortured and arrested at least four times.
The work is published in El Salto Diario, and available online.
December 2020
Lovely to see some of my images of the Canary islands in High Life (British Airways) magazine.
The work appears in the December issue, out now.
November 2020
Earlier this year I had the chance to spend over two months back home in Asturias. It was a unique opportunity to rediscover my homeland with time on my hands.
A photo essay has now been published in The New York Times. Read full story here.
October 2020
New work for Binter magazine, cover story featuring some of the must-visit destinations in western Asturias.
The work appears in the Binter October issue, out now.
October 2020
Lovely to see one of my images of the artisan cheesemakers of Asturias in Courier magazine.
The work appears in the Courier October/November issue, out now.
September 2020
New work for Saveur magazine, featuring my grandmother’s mojo picón recipe, which appears in The Saveur 100 list. This was shot at my grandma’s on Tenerife, during lockdown. It’s very moving for me to see her recipe on the list.
The work appears in the Saveur Fall 2020 issue, out now.
September 2020
New work for Whetstone magazine, a favourite indie publication. With a focus on championing food to expand human empathy and challenging mainstream trends, they publish unique food stories from around the world.
For the current issue, I wrote a long form feature on Victoria Torres, a fifth generation winemaker from La Palma, Canary Islands, who makes excellent wines despite all the challenges, including climate change.
The work appears in the Issue 6, out now. Please support independent journalism and buy or subscribe here.
