Ana Palacios
Visual journalist / Based in Madrid
Ana Palacios is a journalist and a documentary photographer focused in telling underrepresented stories with impact shining a light on broken corners in collaboration with NGOs such as Manos Unidas , Africa Directo and UNICEF ....
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Focus:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Photography, International News, Humanitarian
Skills:
Photojournalism, Film Photography
About
Available in: Madrid
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Journalist, Photography, International News, Humanitarian
Skilled at:
Photojournalism, Film Photography
Coverage Regions:
Africa Asia Europe Latin America
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English
Years of experience: More than 10
Ana Palacios is a journalist and a documentary photographer focused in telling underrepresented stories with impact shining a light on broken corners in collaboration with NGOs such as Manos Unidas, Africa Directo and UNICEF.
In 2021 she was awarded the National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists, selected for the New York Times Portfolio Review and nominated for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
Her work has been awarded, exhibited and published worldwide (National Geographic, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Stern, Der Spiegel, New Internationalist, Het Blad, Terra Mater, 6 Mois, Days Japan, XL Semanal, Papel, El País, Tiempo, etc). She has published three books: “Albino”, about the pledge of the albinos in Tanzania, “Art in Movement” about the art as a social change in Uganda and "Slave children: The Back Door" about the reinsertion of slave children in West Africa. She has also directed her first documentary on this last topic.
She is a public speaker at universities, photography festivals and other educational centers in order to instruct, educate and inspire topics regarding Human Rights. She is also a member of national and international photo contest juries.
In 2021 she was awarded the National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists, selected for the New York Times Portfolio Review and nominated for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
Her work has been awarded, exhibited and published worldwide (National Geographic, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Stern, Der Spiegel, New Internationalist, Het Blad, Terra Mater, 6 Mois, Days Japan, XL Semanal, Papel, El País, Tiempo, etc). She has published three books: “Albino”, about the pledge of the albinos in Tanzania, “Art in Movement” about the art as a social change in Uganda and "Slave children: The Back Door" about the reinsertion of slave children in West Africa. She has also directed her first documentary on this last topic.
She is a public speaker at universities, photography festivals and other educational centers in order to instruct, educate and inspire topics regarding Human Rights. She is also a member of national and international photo contest juries.
Education
UNIVERITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA)
CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE FOTOGRAFÍA Y CINE