Aitor Lara
Photographer @ National Geographic Photographer Contributor / Based in SPAIN
His professional career began in 1999 when he was awarded the Juana de Aizpuru Photography Prize, showing his work at international art fairs such as ARCO and ParisPhoto.
He has published four books. In addition, he has various publications in NewsWeek, Financial Times, CNN, NBC, Vokrug Sveta, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Magazine.
In 2013 he carried out a campaign to raise awareness about Child Poverty in Spain for the Save the Children NGO and received the Endesa Fine Arts Award for the Dragoman project. In 2014 was awarded the OjodePez Humanist International Prize of Photo EspanĚa and an honorable mention from UNICEF.
In 2016 he received a research grant from the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome, granted by the Spanish Agency for International Development for Cooperation, for the project Light and Poetic reason. In 2017 he carries out a campaign on the SDG Sustainable Development Goals for the Spanish Red Cross.
In 2018, UNDP United Nations Development Program in collaboration with National Geographic commissioned the project Out of Africa Migrations, on the current phenomenon of African immigration. He carried out a project on the Freshwater Crisis in Spain for National Geographic. In 2020 he received the COVID-19 EMERGENCY FUNDING research grant from the National Geographic Society.
In 2022 he has developed a project on the culture of Flamenco music commissioned by National Geographic Magazine.
Three references:
James Wellford / National Geographic Editor: +12025498505
Cristina Garcia Rodero / Magnum Photographer: +34914111513
Caridad Batalla / General Consul of Spain in New York: +34650589738
+34699331155
aitorlara@gmail.com
www.aitorlara.com