Bio
Born 1978 New York City
Self-taught photographer and filmmaker based in New York City. Work has appeared in The Guardian Weekend Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, National Geographic Adventure, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, FT Weekend, Daylight Magazine, NACLA Report on the Americas, Visura Magazine and Courier Japan. Clients include UNICEF, Oxfam America, CHF International, The Legatum Foundation, Vassar College and The Children Affected by AIDS Foundation.
Currently at work on a full-length documentary based in post-earthquake Haiti with co-producer and girlfriend Carmen Elsa Lopez.
Selected Exhibitions
Noorderlicht Photofestival, Netherlands, 2010
LAND - Country Life in the Urban Age
Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, 2009
Group Exhibition Vox V
Washington Square East Galleries, New York City, 2009
Group Exhibition Small Works
National Museum of Art, La Paz, Bolivia, 2008
Solo Exhibition City of the Future
Kiosko Gallery, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 2008
Solo Exhibition Bolivia: between history and rapture
mARTadero, Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2007
Solo Exhibition Bolivian World Tour
SIART Biennial, La Paz, Bolivia, 2007
FotoEncuentro Photography Biennial, La Paz, Bolivia, 2007
National Museum of Ethnography, La Paz, Bolivia, 2007
Solo Exhibition Past Sacrifice : Future
Ricardo Palma Cultural Center, Lima, Peru, 2006
Solo Exhibition Past Sacrifice : Future
William Siegal Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2005
Solo Exhibition This is How We Live Here
Art for Change, New York City, 2005
Solo exhibition In the Wake of Tradition
Awards
Anthropographia Award for Human Rights and Photography, shortlisted
First prize, Artist installation, International Development Fair, The World Bank, Bolivia, 2008
Honorable Mention, SIART International Biennial, La Paz, 2007
Best in Photography, Art Show: Bedford, Bedford, New York, 2005
Best in Show, Photography Show, Long Island Arts Council, Freeport, New York, 2005
New York State Council on the Arts, December 2004
Reviews in the Press
El Deber, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
February 9, 2008
Quote of the day.
February 9, 2008
February 7, 2008
Los Tiempos, Cochabamba, Bolivia
November 18, 2007
La Razón, La Paz, Bolivia
October 21, 2007
Pulso Magazine, La Paz, Bolivia
September 2007
La Prensa, La Paz, Bolivia
August 19, 2007
El Diario, La Paz, Bolivia
December 14, 2006
August 17, 2006
Pasatiempo - Santa Fe New Mexican
July 1, 2005
El Independiente, Indymedia New York City
June/July 2005
April 17, 2005
Work held in private collections in New York, Paris, Santa Fe, Dallas, Mexico City, La Paz, Santa Cruz and Lima, as well as locations throughout tthe United States.