Mikel Aristregi

Born in Hernani (Basque Country, Spain) in 1975. After graduating in Journalism at the University of the Basque Country (UPV), in 1999 he moves to Barcelona where begins studies of photography at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia (IEFC), having his degree in 2005. Since that, he has got one of the prestigious Fotopres international photojournalism grant in 2009 or the New FNAC Talent of Photography Prize in 2006, both about social documentary projects, among others. Since 2009 he is the “Lectura” magazine’s photographer and editor (SEGRE newspaper, Lleida, Spain).