Included in the list of 8 Mexican photographers you should know edited by Latino Book Review.

Included in the list of 8 Mexican photographers you should know edited by Latino Book Review.

Mexico is a country rich in culture, history, and artistic talent. In the world of photography, numerous talented individuals have captured the distinctive aspects of life in Mexico and the borderlands through their lens. In this list, we will introduce you to eight Mexican photographers whose work is not only visually stunning but also deeply reflective of the beauty and complexity of their homeland. From vibrant street scenes to intimate portraits, these photographers offer a unique perspective on Mexico and the border that is not to be missed. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
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The New York Times  Opinion - Portraits of the people living the news 28S Mexico City

The New York Times Opinion - Portraits of the people living the news 28S Mexico City

I am taking part in this global day of action for safe and legal abortion because I believe that abortion is a human right to which everyone — cis women, nonbinary people, trans men, and others — is entitled. Mexico has advanced a lot in terms of women’s rights in recent years, but that does not take away from what we are observing in other Latin American countries. We must not take our eyes off what is still left to do. — Arlen Molina, Mexico City For  @nytopinion . Instagram
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Bloomberg Best Of The Year 2023.

Bloomberg Best Of The Year 2023.

One of the photos of the history of the increased volcanic activity of Popocatepetl in May 2023 where the civil protection traffic light was modified to yellow phase 3, affecting 46 communities surrounding the volcano, is part of the Bloomberg Best Of The Year 2023 selection. This coverage was for Bloomberg News in the Puebla Valley and Paso de Cortés area. Photos by Koral Carballo Assignment by Philip Brian Tabuas More history photos here: http://www.koralcarballo.com/popoc-tepetl-volcano
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Milim Community and Photoworks autumn online talks: Koral Carballo

Milim Community and Photoworks autumn online talks: Koral Carballo

This November 30 I will be talking about my creative process with landscape, history, and my personal-political approach, thanks to the fall talk space of the @millennium_images and Photoworks platforms based in the U.K. To register for this talk you can go to: REGISTER The talk will be in Spanish and English ✨
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NPR: Women of the Sea: Afro-descendants honor their heritage in Mexico

NPR: Women of the Sea: Afro-descendants honor their heritage in Mexico

For the past seven years, Afro-descendant women in Mexico have celebrated the International Day of Afro-descendant Women on July 25. These gatherings occur in regions inhabited by people of Black heritage, honoring both the International Decade for Afro-descendant Women and various civil organizations. Yolanda Camacho and Rosa María Castro Salinas convened for the first meeting in Huatulco, Oaxaca, with the objective of breaking out of silence, invisibilization and confronting systemic and structural racism. Women of the Sea: Afro-descendants honor their heritage in Mexico...
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Festival de Fotografía Mirar Distinto vuelve con sorpresas y nueva sede

Festival de Fotografía Mirar Distinto vuelve con sorpresas y nueva sede

Por Ricardo Martínez vía El Diario de Xalapa El Festival Internacional de Fotografía Mirar Distinto vuelve a Veracruz como un espacio seguro donde los asistentes pueden aprender, detonar proyectos, convivir con fotógrafas y fotógrafos profesionales, además de asistir a conferencias y exposiciones , expresó la productora y gestora del evento, Koral Carballo. El encuentro que surgió en 2014 se realizará del 9 al 13 de agosto en el puerto de Veracruz,  por lo que la invitación es abierta para que las personas que...
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National Geographic Explorer Grant to continue  Siempre estuvimos aquí Project ( Afromexico Visual Research).

National Geographic Explorer Grant to continue Siempre estuvimos aquí Project ( Afromexico Visual Research).

This year I will continue with the visual research project on Afromexico entitled "Siempre estuvimos aquí" (We were always here), thanks to the National Geographic Explorer Grant. To learn more about this visual research you can visit here: We were Always Here
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Advocacy Award 2022 Recipient by Las Fotos Project

Advocacy Award 2022 Recipient by Las Fotos Project

A few weeks ago I received an email from Las Fotos Project to let me know that someone from their community had nominated me and that the Foto Awards jury had chosen my trajectory to receive the Advocacy Award, 2022, this award seeks to honor power in photojournalism and/or the use of photography for community advocacy & social justice. I feel very grateful for this recognition that teenagers in the diaspora and people who collaborate in this initiative in Los Angeles have chosen my work as an inspiration and deserving of this award. Thank you, thank you, thank you! For those of you...
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FRIEZE Magazine - Five Emerging Photographers to Watch Select

FRIEZE Magazine - Five Emerging Photographers to Watch Select

FRIEZE Magazine - Issue 227 in the "In focus" section some editors and artists recommended the 5 artists they consider their favorites and one of the photographers to choose was Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide , who chose my work❤️. I am very grateful for this mention!  And very happy to share space with @marcelpardoa @elliottjeromebrownjr @paulniedermayer @cameron_ugbodu . More info here https://www.frieze.com/article/five-photographers-watch-2022
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Selected in Global Open Call: “The Next Great Fashion Image Makers” by Photo Vogue.

Selected in Global Open Call: “The Next Great Fashion Image Makers” by Photo Vogue.

Check out the work of 100 gifted artists from our Global Open Call: “The Next Great Fashion Image Makers” on show at the next edition of PhotoVogue Festival in Milan from the 17th to the 20th of November 2022. The overall quality of the submissions to our first Global Open Call has been so extraordinary and with such a wide international representation that the PhotoVogue team and community felt more artists deserved to be recognized, featured and exhibited. The range of artists, geographic representation as well as extraordinary creative variety needs to be seen in its...
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Print Sale for independent Afromexican Associations!

Print Sale for independent Afromexican Associations!

I am selling prints of the photos of the carousel, in order to join the fundraising that @risuenoscoyolillo and Casa Coyolillo, two independent spaces in my beloved Coyolillo, are doing, as they will be celebrating their anniversary and managing new projects. The sale starts today April 4th and will run until April 16th. All proceeds from the sale will be donated to these two independent Afro-Mexican associations. If you are interested in helping you can go to Shipping in Mexico and USA is free! Thank you 🌺✨ Products Browse all products from Koral Carballo Prints....
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British Journal of Photography Award: Female in Focus Jury.

British Journal of Photography Award: Female in Focus Jury.

This year, I will be judging the Female in Focus award of the British Journal of Photography and I am representing the Ruda  Colectiva in this competition I am very happy and curious to see the submitted works! Female in Focus Our mission is to empower female-identified people around the world to own their own stories. Awareness around gender inequality in the industry may be growing. But the numbers aren’t changing fast enough. Globally, 70-80% of photography students are women — yet they account for only 13-15% of professional photographers.  This year the...
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Visura Media: Highlighting 36 Freelance Visual Storytellers Worldwide Coming Into 2022

Visura Media: Highlighting 36 Freelance Visual Storytellers Worldwide Coming Into 2022

Visura is delighted to welcome the new year by highlighting 36 visual storytellers and journalists from 16 countries. Curated by Visura Mentee Laura Oliverio—this feature aims to inspire as well as inform audiences through unique, compelling visual storytelling. Laura Oliviero mentioned my work in this issue with the publication of 'We were always here' in the British Journal of Photography. Featuring: <Name, Location> Jess DiPierro Obert (Brooklyn, New York & Port au Prince, Haiti),  Ahmed Gaber (New York, New York),  Arin Yoon (Kansas City,...
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British Journal of Photography: Siempre estuvimos aquí project in 'Activism & Protest' issue

British Journal of Photography: Siempre estuvimos aquí project in 'Activism & Protest' issue

(English below) Estoy muy feliz y agradecida por que “Siempre estuvimos aquí “ fue seleccionado para aparecer en la  última edición impresa de la revista British Journal of Photography (@bjp1854) en la edición de "Arte y activismo". Me siento muy honrada y agradecida con Izabela Radwanska Zhang  (@izaradz) en conjunto con Hannah Abel-Hirsch (@hannahabelhirsch) por haber pensado en mi trabajo y también a Henri Badaröh (@hnrbdrh) por escribir el texto sobre mi trabajo que acompaña este artículo. Gracias...
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Photoville: Mistery of the Disguised

Photoville: Mistery of the Disguised

I would like to share with you some photographs from the exhibition The Mystery of the Disguised in New York City that I had the honor to show during this year's Photoville festival.  Thanks to Laura Roumanos and her team for making this exhibition a reality and supporting photographers to exhibit during the festival.  Exhibition photos by Jordana Bermudez. More info on  www.koralcarballo.com
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Glance and Memory - Afrochingonas Podcast

Glance and Memory - Afrochingonas Podcast

In the episode Mirada y Memoria, I was invited to talk about my experience and my work. Glance and Memory (Mirada y Memoria). Photography has been an indispensable tool for us, we have been models, photographers, and creators. White men have decided what are the "right" ways to photograph the world. We cannot deny the bias of these visions, that's why we believe in the potential of our gazes, black gazes. Also, in this episode, we were joined by three amazing photographers: @koralcarballo @massielfoto, and @balamha. Afrochingonas is a podcast between friends about...
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'Unveiling Afro-Mexican Celebrations as a Mark of Freedom' Interview for Verónica Sanchis via PhMuseum

'Unveiling Afro-Mexican Celebrations as a Mark of Freedom' Interview for Verónica Sanchis via PhMuseum

This article is part of In Focus: Latin American Female Photographers , a monthly series curated by Verónica Sanchis Bencomo focusing on the works of female visual storytellers working and living in Latin America. For read complete Interview  here M Unveiling Afro-Mexican Celebrations as a Mark of Freedom In her series Mystery of the Disguised, Mexican photographer Koral Carballo documents the vibrant ancestral Afro-Mexican traditions of a small village in her ho Phmuseum.com
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Album Workshop on Afromexican Communities in Costa Chica, Oaxaca -  México

Album Workshop on Afromexican Communities in Costa Chica, Oaxaca - México

During 4 days the Album  workshop was held as part of the project " We were always here ", this workshop is an action to raise awareness about the importance of archives, as well as to show tools for their preservation. This workshop was in summer on held in Chacahua Isla, Chacahua Grúa, Charco Redondo and Tututepec Oaxaca in Mexico. The participants were: Adalith Ibañez Santiago, Paula Elena Milena Montes, Arantza Helen Ortiz Ibañez, Mónica Concuera Rodríguez, Claudia Lora Krstulovic, Hannua, Karinme Villagram Montes, Adilene Ortiz,...
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Welcome to Intipucá City Proyect on We, Women's The Power of We in New York, NY Exihibition

Welcome to Intipucá City Proyect on We, Women's The Power of We in New York, NY Exihibition

Welcome to Intipuca City Project is already under the Brooklyn Bridge along with incredible works that make up: We, Women. This exhibition kicks off the national tour that will be exhibited in Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago and New Orleans... more details coming soon! We, Women, are 17 photographic projects that explore crucial issues on the minds of many Americans such as: immigration, education, climate change, race, motherhood and family, gun control, healthcare, religion, criminal justice reform, gentrification, sexual assault, etc. For more information...
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Workshop: 'This is NOT a pipe, rethinking contemporary documentary photography' in Mexico City.

Workshop: 'This is NOT a pipe, rethinking contemporary documentary photography' in Mexico City.

This blog contains the results of the workshop "This is NOT a pipe, rethinking contemporary documentary photography" that I taught at Escuela Activa De Fotografía Mexico City campus. Extract from the workshop's syllabus: During six theoretical and practical sessions we will detonate a dissident thought of classical documentary photography: why documentary photography is still tied to the truth? We will reflect from the body, the experience and the collective realities where we coexist to explore the stories we need to tell, we will do exercises to start a...
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Bloomberg News: Tortilla Price Spike Leads Mexico to Consider Corn Imports

Bloomberg News: Tortilla Price Spike Leads Mexico to Consider Corn Imports

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2021 CatchLight Fellows Announced

2021 CatchLight Fellows Announced

Very happy to be part of the 2021Catchlight Leadership Fellowship Program! During this fellowship I will continue to work on my project We Were Always Here and the Album chapter. Siempre Estuvimos Aquí (We Were Always Here)  investigates Afro-descent in Mexico which often hides in a cloak of tradition and colonization mindset. A historical discourse about the whitewashed origin of Mexicans as a people of indigenous and European descent creates an origin myth about a mixed-race identity that hides other roots, such as the African. She follows her own journey in exploring...
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Mystery of the Disguised Exihibition in Madrid, Spain.

Mystery of the Disguised Exihibition in Madrid, Spain.

Today is the opening of the group exhibition La Lengua en Los Ojos at Travesía Cuatro gallery where they have included my work 'Siempre estuvimos aquí' in Madrid Spain. La Lengua en Los Ojos generates an imagination constructed by the gazes of eight Mexican artists and their stories created in different times and places. These "eyes that look" are "the hand that writes" when Margo Glantz vindicates the figure of Malinche in her essay La Lengua en la mano. Malinche, Malinalli, Malintzin or Doña Marina was a historical and mythologized Nahuatl...
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Mystery of the Disguise and Album Exhibition in Coyolillo, Veracruz, México

Mystery of the Disguise and Album Exhibition in Coyolillo, Veracruz, México

As part of the project "We were always here" two exhibitions will be held in the Afro-Mexican community of Coyolillo, Veracruz, Mexico starting March 17 to April 1, 2021. The first exhibition  "El misterio del disfrazado" (The mystery of the disguise) and it is the prologue of the project 'Siempre estuvimos aquí' (We were always here). This exhibition was outdoors in the streets of the town. The curatorship and museography was done by Octavio López Zaragoza and Sebastián Zaragoza. The second exhibition entitled "The past is a...
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Workshop 'Album' at Coyolillo, Afromexican Community

Workshop 'Album' at Coyolillo, Afromexican Community

As part of the project "Siempre estuvimos aquí" Chapter Álbum, this March 12, 13, and 15, the first workshop on conservation and care of family archives will be held at Coyolillo, Veracruz, México. Álbum is the first chapter on the family album as a decolonizing strategy of the intimate historicity of Afro-descendants in Mexico. From the family album and the portrait I make a study of the visual representation of Afro-descendant families in contemporary Mexico. With workshops on preservation of vernacular archives in Afro-Mexican communities and...
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Bloomberg News: Mexico Central Bank Boosts 2021 GDP Growth Forecast to 4.8%

Bloomberg News: Mexico Central Bank Boosts 2021 GDP Growth Forecast to 4.8%

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DER GRIEF: 'Guest Room' Online Exhibition curated by Anna-Alix Koff

DER GRIEF: 'Guest Room' Online Exhibition curated by Anna-Alix Koff

The prologue "The Mystery of Disguise" from the long-term project We Were Always Here was selected by curator Anna-Alix Koffi in the guest room of the German contemporary photography magazine DER GRIEF. Anna-Alix Koffi - Der Greif Guest Room aims to spark collaborations. That’s why Anna-Alix Koffi is teaming up with artist Sadikou Oukpedjo in choosing the theme for this instalment. Sadikou is an artist based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He primarily works with painting. Out of...
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Winner. 2nd place 'Nuestra Mirada' Award on Pictures of the Year (POY LATAM) 2021

Winner. 2nd place 'Nuestra Mirada' Award on Pictures of the Year (POY LATAM) 2021

I am very happy that the prologue "The Mystery of Disguise" of my long term project "We were always here" has been recognized as the second place in the category 'Nuestra Mirada' of the Pictures of the Year LATAM 2021 . https://poylatam.photoshelter.com/gallery/Koral-Carballo-2ndo-premio-2021/G0000BNQCsaG7x28/C0000.PZ94T1luNQ
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Highlighting Success Stories by Women Visual Storytellers and Journalists in 2020

Highlighting Success Stories by Women Visual Storytellers and Journalists in 2020

Curated By Shuran Huang For The Visura Media Blog As we welcome 2021, Visura is delighted to highlight success stories in 2020 by 25 women visual storytellers and journalists worldwide, who worked during a global pandemic to document and inform the world around us with their unique voices and perspectives. Curated by  Shuran Huang , the feature aims to inspire, ignite, support, and encourage all efforts to hire more women photographers, visual storytellers, and journalists worldwide. Each accomplishment was selected from the myriad of news posts shared via Visura by women...
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Casas de Abuelas Open Call Selection

Casas de Abuelas Open Call Selection

Today is online the official selection of the "Casas de Abuelas" contest, organized by Paz Olivares Droguett.  Curated by Koral Carballo, Catalina Juger, Diego Moreno and Gisela Volá, and text is by Matías Ávalos. Photographers Hellen Hernandez | Lorena Velasco | Citlalli EB | Victoria Carmona | Melisa Oechsle | Maria Mara | Wendy Estrella | Tania Barrientos | Malena Mónaco | Estefania Grados | Elsa Solorio | Camile Juarez | Monica Muñoz | Sofía Basselli | Valeria Portillo | Pilar Jadue | Selene Tec | Rayen Luna...
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New Web Site!

New Web Site!

(Español abajo) Today I'm opening my website. I would like to thank Adriana Letorney from Visura for her advice in transforming my statement and giving coherence to my projects. I am very happy to show you this project that I started in the summer of this year. I invite you to visit it. - - Hoy estreno mi nueva página web. Agradezco a Adriana Letorney de Visura por el asesoramiento para transformar mi statement y dar coherencia a mis proyectos. Muy contenta de mostrarles este proyecto que comencé en el verano de este año. ¡Los invito a visitar!...
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Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures

Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures

Very happy to share that a photo of my process this year of reunion with my family, ancestors and our present has been selected by @womenphotograph among the best photos of the year as turbulent as 2020. It is also beautiful to be sharing virtual space with so many women photographers - not binaries, it is feeling that our voices become a chorus. Congratulations to everyone! 💖 Doña Eloísa's grandchildren. Aaron and Abraham are the second twins in the family. Koral writes, “This photo of my twin nephews is from my project We Were Always Here. It’s part of...
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Fellow . Magnum Foundation Global Covid-19 Projects Grant

Fellow . Magnum Foundation Global Covid-19 Projects Grant

We’re pleased to announce new projects by our 2020 grantees documenting the impact of the global health crisis from inside their communities.  In a series of reports produced with support from the Henry Luce Foundation , this international group of visual storytellers provide a window into the distinct challenges and experiences they are witnessing. Our coverage will continue over the coming months with in-depth stories from around the world. Next up are a series of projects in Latin America which will appear in Time Magazine , including work by Gabriella Baez...
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Publication. The dreams that don't fit in your ballot box on Anfibia Magazine

Publication. The dreams that don't fit in your ballot box on Anfibia Magazine

To seek his re-election Donald Trump appealed to the construction of walls, to nationalism and to the salvation of the "American dream". But in the United States, migrant communities created different geographies and horizons than those promoted by the White House. Through five micro-stories, the authors of Welcome to Intipucá City, a project that tells the story of transnational migration between El Salvador and North America, show the expectations and struggles of those who live the world between two lands. To say migrant is to think of women and men climbing on...
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Lecture. Relationship Status: It's Complicated. Contemporary African Art Fair 1-54 U.K.

Lecture. Relationship Status: It's Complicated. Contemporary African Art Fair 1-54 U.K.

1-54 London returns at Somerset House, 8-10 October 2020. Over the past seven years 1-54 has established itself as a leading voice in the global discussion on contemporary African art. The scaled down fair will see 30 international exhibitors representing a selection of the best contemporary African artists on show at Somerset House, as well as online through 1-54 Online, Powered by Christie’s .1-54 London 2020 will showcase the work of more than 110 emerging and established artists from Africa and its diaspora, working in a wide variety of mediums and from a range of...
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Publication. Mala Hora (At the Wrong Time) at Femmes Photographers Magazine in Paris, France

Publication. Mala Hora (At the Wrong Time) at Femmes Photographers Magazine in Paris, France

...] The astonishment, when it seizes us, isolates us and prevents us from thinking. It throws us violently on a bank while the world continues to advance before us. We are then both separated from the course of things and united to the object of our astonishment, no longer knowing what to decide or where to look. Time becomes a still image, which can take a long time. But an image, no matter how staggering, is always a story. The more we return to it, the more we discern its details, the more we discover a part of ourselves in it. The Gorgon Medusa offers us an option that seems simple:...
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Koral Carballo

Koral Carballo ( b. Poza Rica, Veracruz, Mexico in 1987) She tells stories related to identity, violence and territory; dissolving frontiers between photojournalism and visual arts. She began her career as a photojournalist in 2009 and in 2016 she decided to leave the local media to investigate her own long-term projects. She is currently working as a photojournalist, documentary photographer, visual storyteller and freelance artist.
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