Discover Top Editorial Photographers / Photojournalists in Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico

Tortugas al Viento is a collaborative creative workshop focused on photographic, documentary and cinematography production, through horizontal processes. We believe in interaction, in reciprocity, in the invisible threads that join us as a whole. Our dream is to generate unforgettable and transformative projects, that transcend and make us proud. We are a crew of cinematographers and journalists focused on social justice and human rights themes.

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Venezuelan journalist and photographer based in Mexico. My stories and photographs have been published in Spanish-language media such as Univision Noticias (USA), CityLab Latino (USA), SuturArt (Spain), El Nacional (Venezuela) and Prodavinci (LAT). I am interested in people and their apparently normal lives, that's why I enjoy writing real stories. I am also a writing for photographers teacher, a researcher and I develop a visual work about the perception of the environment.

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Solalinde Films is an award-winning production film studio with a film director, producers, cinematographers and post-producers. Featured in Discovery Channel, PBS, CNN, National Geographic, United Nations, FYI Channel, Canon, Ethan Films, Canon, CBC news, among other big companies. Solalinde Films has won different awards from recognized companies such as CNN and National Geographic for his work in recent years. In the last 6 years have produced 5 television docu-series for Discovery Channel, A&E Channel and FYI Channel traveling to beautiful locations such as Costa Rica, Jamaica and Mexico to film these series. Solalinde films have directed and produced 7 feature documentaries filmed around the world from the US, Nigeria, India, Canada, Eastern Europe and Mexico. Alberto Solalinde has been recognized in film festivals across the world as Habana Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG 30), West African Film Festival, Hollywood Florida Film Festival, NYC Independent Film Awards, Charlotte Black Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, among others.

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My name is Pablo García Saldaña, I'm originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos, and since I was a child I showed interest in natural history. I studied science communication at Tec de Monterrey and along with my studies I got my first jobs as a PA and 1st AC in film and television . Obtained two diplomas in documentary cinematography, the first in 2007 at the London Film Academy and the second in 2019 at the CCC in Mexico City. I have experience working with different types of cameras and sensors, from DSLR/Mirrorless to Cinema Cameras such as Sony F55, Sony FX6, Canon C300mkll and 500mkll, RED, Arri Alexa Mini among others. I started working with natural history was in 2016, when I 1st AC at the production of a documentary for the conservation of blue whale and other endangered species. Currently based in Mexico City, I specialize in cinematography and have had the privilege of documenting Bison, Mexican Wolf, Jaguar, California Condor, Leather-back Turtle and other species in their natural habitat. In addition to my work as a cinematographer I teach photography and video classes at Canon Academy and at the ACAMPADOC International Festival that takes place in Los Santos City, Panama.

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Alexandra Bas is a Mexico City based cinematographer from Venezuela, ICFC member, with experience in narrative and documentary films; currently working in several projects of music videos and commercials in the mexican industry. Among her short films highlights "Daughter Whore", which was part of the International Competition of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2013 (qualifier for the annual Academy Awards®), also selected in 18 international film festivals, where it was awarded 4 international awards and 6 on the national level. Alexandra participated as cinematographer in the short film "Eva" Official Selection in three category A Film Festivals at 2015: Moscow International Film Festival (World Premiere), Mar de Plata Film Festival and Montreal World Film Festival/Student Film Festival. Alexandra was one of the cinematographers selected for TALENTS BUENOS AIRES 2014 and then, she participated in the project KINOMADA Lanaudière 2015 in Canada, where she filmed the cinematography for three short films with several Latino American directors: "Aquel martes de Otoño" by Jeremy Hatcher (Chile), "Salitre" by Lara Belov (Brazil) & Carlos Mendoza (Mexico) and, "Le dicen amor" by Paulina Dana (Argentina). In Algeria, she filmed the documentary feature film "Cilima" by Aissa Djouamaa, shooting at the same time three narrative short films with different directors as part of the same project. In Mexico City, she made the cinematography of the short films: “Mateo” by Fernando Pérezgil, Official Selection in Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2019 and nominated to Best Cinematography in Pantalla de Cristal Awards 2019; as well as “Un mundo raro” by Eugenia Llaguno, currently in post production. Alexandra was one of the Facultad de Cine’s founder teachers, where she taught Cinematography I. Among her future projects is the narrative feature film “Sembradoras” by the colombian director Christian Mejía, whose teaser was filmed in the Chilean desert.

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Mónica Wise Robles is a Colombian-American documentary filmmaker based in Mexico City. Her work focuses on intimate stories of resistance highlighting feminist, LGBTQ+, and indigenous narratives. She has produced work with The Guardian, NYT and the BBC among other outlets. Her first short documentary Lupita, about a Maya massacre survivor, premiered at the Ambulante festival in Mexico, Sheffield Doc/Fest and Doc NYC in 2020, receiving awards from several others. Mónica was a cinematographer on Netflix’s Trials of Gabriel Fernández (2018), Iliana Sosa’s feature What We Leave Behind (2022 SXSW award winner, NYT Critic Pick, and Gotham Awards Nominee for Best Documentary feature), After the Flood (Vice, 2022 Emmy Winner), Niñas // Somos el Fuego (2022, Premio Gabo Winner). She is also the DP of Vena Aquatica, a documentary in production about ecofeminists in El Salvador. She is an IWMF fellow, a Ford Foundation and Sundance Institute grantee, a UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program Associate.

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Alicia Fernández is a freelance Mexican visual journalist and producer from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico border with the United States. As a photographer, she was part of the El Diario de Juarez team that was awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize in 2011 for their narco violence report in Juarez, Mexico. Her images and visual reports have appeared in media such as Al Jazeera, BBC London, Associated Press, Brut, Verdens Gang, Der Spiegel, among others. Alicia also has been a staff multimedia producer, as well as a photography and video editor for the Spanish newspaper El Pais in its Latin American version. She has been a fixer, field producer and contributor with international media, independent journalists and researchers. Also, she has contributed to training and protection organizations for journalists such as the International Center For Journalists (ICFJ) and Article 19. Also she is a fellow for the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF). She has worked on independent projects such as The Red Note podcast, as researcher and interviewer. She also works as a consultant for journalistic multimedia projects and workshops instructor. Along with Andalusia K. Soloff had coordinated and created the project: "Fixers, opening paths to global journalism", in order to encourage the local journalism that supports international reporting.

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Marian is a Venezuelan documentary photographer, filmmaker, and journalist based in Mexico City, for now. Her work is featured in major outlets such as The New York Times, National Geographic, NPR, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, among others. She believes that the most powerful work is made at the intersection of art and journalism and is especially drawn to documenting stories that illustrate unseen worlds in Latin America, seeking to tell intimate stories that overcome borders and time, attempting to widen the collective understanding of the region. Marian received her BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2016 and her master’s degree in Documentary Filmmaking from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 2019. In 2019 she co-directed Irse- Leaving Venezuela, a documentary that tells the story of two expecting mothers seeking safety in Colombia. The film was broadcast by AJ Witness in June of 2020 and screened at festivals nationally and internationally, such as the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival, Madrid International Film Festival, Houston International Film Festival, and the United Nations Association Film Festival, among others. She has participated in other documentaries both as a DP and producer.

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Celia Talbot Tobin is a freelance documentary photographer and journalist based in Mexico. Her work often explores ideas around gender and the relationships built between humans and their environment. Raised on a farm in central New York, she studied photography and Latin American history in Florida before moving to Brooklyn, where she was based for six years. She later moved to Montana, where she received her master’s in environmental science journalism. Celia has spent time as a fellow with the International Women and Media Foundation, as well as with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. She was the first recipient of the Crown of the Continent Environmental Reporting Grant, is an alumna of the Eddie Adams Workshop and a proud member of Women Photograph. Clients include The New York Times, NPR, Harper’s Magazine, Audubon Magazine, Buzzfeed News, CNN, The Telegraph Sunday Magazine, High Country News, Inside Energy, PBS, Newsday, amNY, YMCA and other local outlets.

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I was born and raised in the chaotic Mexico City, during my teenage years growing up, I had the concerned to find a way to express myself and I find it through the power of imagination in photography and filmmaking. Studied Communication Sciences at the Universidad Iberoamericana with a specialty in Cinema and an exchange studies at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona in the faculty of Audiovisual Communication. Currently, I work as a freelance with different brands in order to explore more possibilities and horizons in the making and needs of each project, also freelancing means to me, taking a more risky creative path of decisions in work and creating more meaningful relationships with my clients and the content I create.

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I am a photographer, writer and filmmaker dedicated to telling stories about the changing relationship between people and nature. I am from the United States, but was based in Southeast Asia for the past four years documenting wildlife trafficking and environmental issues, and received a National Geographic Explorers grant there to document the unique relationship between people and elephants in Myanmar. Both my photography and writing have been featured in National Geographic magazine, and I have also contributed to National Geographic Television, The Discovery Channel, and several news agencies. I recently moved to Mexico City where I work as a freelance photographer, writer and filmmaker. I also have experience presenting/hosting, and speak fluent Spanish!

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Diandra Arriaga is a Mexican producer, member of Colectivo Colmena. Since 2010 she has worked in directing and production departments for films, tv and commercials. She produced her first feature film, Fissures, in 2014 and since then she has collaborated with a wide variety of national and international production companies. She started her collaboration as a producer for Colectivo Colmena on 2018, were she has forge a personal methodology that emphasizes on collaborative, creative and horizontal work. Her first feature film, MOSTRO directed by José Pablo Escamilla had its World premiere during Locarno74 official competition. She’s currently working on the development and financing of Godspeed Satan, José Pablo Escamilla’s second feature.

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We are a German motion-content production company, specialized in the realization and support of international video productions in North-, Central- and Southamerica. With its’ three locations in Munich, Mexico City and Los Angeles, Romero and Braas has access to breathtaking locations, stark contrasts and international personalities. Our crews are local—, our directors international professionals. We overcome cultural and language barriers while maintaining the highest standard of quality. Clients benefit from established, tested and seamless workflows between all three locations. Productions of German quality, international appeal and fascinating detail are our expertise, and our passion.

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I am an independent photographer and documentarist, i have a great passion for independent journalism and telling stories, the stories of my people are now the most important part of my life. The stories that i usually work on are about communities in resistance by environmental problems, such as multinational corporations taking over peasant´s land, pollution of air and water, social movements and all those stories mass media usually wont tell. I also like finding sotries about anonymous heroes, regular people who are able to make great changes in their communities. It is my passion, and i hope i can share it with your community.

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Miguel J. Crespo is Journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker. He studied photography at FARO de Oriente and graduated from the Escuela de Periodismo Carlos Septién García. Ah published in Brut, Playground, Fusión México, Political Animal, Russia Today, Vice, among other as director, reporter, photographer and editor. Director of the documentaries We will be Smoke (2021), Last goal (2020), Utopia of the butterfly (2019), They say about me: The story of the Mijis (2018). And he is the editor of Our Voices Will Not Silence (2021), documentaries that have been recognized in national and international festivals.

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My name is Leandro Motta, I am 38 years old. I am a integral audiovisual developer. I started studying photography and studied film direction. I have 10 years of experience as editor and post producer in some biggest production companies from Argentina. As filmmaker, I’ve done videoclips and commercials. I operate all kinds of video cameras and softwares, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut y Premiere. I animate 2D on After Effects and I make color correction on DaVinci Resolve. I made a degree in Communication. I currently live in Mexico, CDMX, where I have my company, Mucho Films, and work in film and advertising.

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I'm a director, writer, producer and owner of Complice Films - a Mexican production company. In our company we specialize in cinema, advertising, documentary, music videos and digital content. We also carry out still photography: editorial, product, portrait, studio, catalog and documentary. We work hand in hand accompanying all the way the project development, since the idea, script, visualization, development, production and post-production and final deliveries. We also count with external associates to fit every project's size and needs.

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My name is Dan, I'm a director, DoP and photographer based in Mexico City. I work mostly as a Dp and director in documentary and nonfiction projects, but I have also photographed and directed music videos, small commercials, short films. In my photography career I've worked in event photography, photojournalism, food photography, lifestyle, editorial and portrait. As a director and cinematographer my work ethic and values are important, my approach to subjects, communities or actors is always respectful and sensitive. WATCH MY REEL www.danielasanvil.com

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I am a freelance journalist based in Mexico City. I started here as a print journalist focusing mostly on business, economics, and energy. I now cover a wider range of issues in all media, including fixing and producing video stories as well as some basic shooting and editing on DSLRs. My favorite issues to cover are immigration, the informal economy, and natural resources/energy issues. I've worked with Al Jazeera, The Guardian, NPR, The Telegraph, Latin Finance, Latin Trade, Makeshift magazine, and others. I also host, produce, and edit a podcast on Latin American current events.

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Dominic Bracco II explores the effects of global economics on local communities. Although he works internationally, Dominic’s work often returns to document the effects of Mexican and North American policies on the Texas / Mexico border region where he was raised. He has degrees in journalism and Spanish literature from The University of Texas at Arlington. Past clients include National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Dominic is also a founding member of the collective Prime. He is based in Mexico City.

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