Colombia
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Juan Arredondo is a photographer based in Bogotá and NYC. Born in New Jersey, Juan grew up in Colombia and relocated to the United States to pursue undergraduate and graduate studies in Organic Chemistry. While working as a research scientist at a major pharmaceutical company he became interested in photography. Juan's work has been recognized by PDN Photo Annual, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, The Yarka Vendriska Scholarship and the Magenta Foundation as a Flash Forward Emerging Photographers winner. He has been selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop and nominated for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass. In 2014 was the recipient of the Getty grant for editorial Photograph among others. Juan is a regular contributor for The New York Times and his photographs h
Mélida was kidnapped by Colombian rebels when she was 9. She is one of thousands of children who were forced to fight in the country's half-century conflict.
Ancient diversity that would be familiar to an Aztec or Inca farmer still ripens in the fields in countries like Mexico, Guatemala and Peru. As part of the Crop Trust's #CropsInColor campaign, photographer Juan Arredondo sought out the roots of modern maize in Mexico, where -- as one of the interviewees says -- “maize is culture, maize is our life. Maize is the food security of our people.”
Produced for Getty Images
Left-wing guerrillas have been waging a bloody war against the Colombian government and the population for the past fifty years. To carry on this conflict, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the National Liberation Army (ELN) and emerging right-wing armed groups have been recruiting increasing numbers of children and youths. My project aims to document the experience
Produced for Newsweek
Once synonymous with drug cartels and kidnappings, Medellin is drawing tourists and investors to what is touted as the new, post-conflict Colombia. The New York Times wrote about its architectural renaissance, The Guardian praised the “symbols of defiance and resurgence” sprouting up throughout the city, and The Washington Post dubbed it “one of the safest, most dynamic cities in Latin America.”
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