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Specialization in Documentary Photography

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Mark Zegers is a Chilean photographer with a degree in architecture. His documentary photography work focuses mainly on geopolitical and territorial conflicts, which he produces in a contemporary and multidisciplinary style.

Among his projects is an investigation that was published in The New York Times about the young people who left Chile for Russia in 1973 and were unable to return to their country. The long-term project that earned him a POY Latam 2019 award in the environment category is his series focused on the history of extraction (mining) in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and its current relationship with lithium in South America. This visual essay has been exhibited in Chile, Shanghai, and Paris as well as at the AIPAD Photography Show 2019 in New York, the Photo London fair, and as part of World Press Photo's 6x6 program.

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CONTRA is a photographic and audiovisual producer founded by Álvaro y Nano. Its objective is to carry images, ideas, messages and heart of each of its clients.

They have been working for various clients since 2011 as advertising agencies, design agencies and direct clients that have the need to have their own original and photographic and audiovisual material. For this reason, they create for them image banks that allow counting and transmitting the spirit of that brand.

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Cristiano Burmester has been a professional photographer since 1993. Throughout his career, he has reported on nature, science, the environment, his travels, and for social documentaries. His pieces have been published in magazines such as Horizonte Geográfico, Terra, Náutica, Mergulho, UnespCiência, National Geographic, and Photo Techniques.

Since 1999, he has been taking photographs for advertising agencies, publishing houses, and companies like Competition, DM9DDB, Editora Abril, Editora SENAC, Louis Dreyfus Commodities, Reebok, SmartFit, Sony, and Terra. His work has received international recognition and appeared in both individual and group exhibitions in various countries including Italy, Mexico, and the UAE. He also teaches journalism and advertising at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

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Hugo Santarém is an award-winning Brazilian photographer. Specialized in socially relevant narratives, he believes that “an essay is an intersection between the photographer's vision and the world as captured by them.” Throughout his career, he has received several awards, including an International Photography Award, a MonoVisions Award, and The Independent Photographer award. He is also the author of the original idea for the feature film Pureza.

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Liz Seabrook is a portrait and lifestyle photographer based in London. From a young age, she knew she wanted to do something creative and, after picking up a camera as a teenager, quickly realized photography was the medium for her. While studying at university, she found work experience as a picture editor at a car and motorbike magazine. Her editor later commissioned her to take photos for the website, and helped her land a full-time internship at Huck magazine where she developed her portfolio.

Since then, Liz has worked with clients including Apple, adidas, The Guardian, Soho House, and Patagonia—helping to capture striking images that tell stories and evoke emotions. She has also published a book, The Female Chef.

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Specialization in Documentary Photography. Photography, and Video course by Domestika

Specialization in Documentary Photography

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Berkeley, United States.
Joined April 2002
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