Greta Rico

Documentary Photographer / Based in Mexico City

Focus: Photographer, Educator, Human Rights, Visual Artist

Skills: Research, Photojournalism

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Available in: Mexico City

Focused on: Photographer, Educator, Human Rights, Visual Artist

Skilled at: Research, Photojournalism

Coverage Regions: Latin America

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish Portuguese

Years of experience: 6 to 10

HEFAT certification? yes

Greta Rico is a documentary photographer, journalist, and feminist educator focused on issues of gender, climate change, and food. Her work focuses on exploring new social representations in contemporary visual culture. Through her projects she reflects on the care economy, coloniality and the social trauma of current phenomena. Greta is a Leica Partner, she is also a member of the Advisory Committee of Women Photograph, a co-founder of Rosa Chillante and a proud member of Diversify Photo, Foto Féminas, Photographers Without Borders and Femgrafía. She has a Master's Degree in Feminist Studies and is part of She Source, a panel of experts on gender issues from the Women's Media Center.

Since 2024, Greta has been part of the National System of Art Creators in Mexico, her documentary projects have received grants such as the Leica Women Photo Project Grant, the Bertha Challenge Fellowship, the Women Photograph Grant, the National Geographic COVID-19 Reporting Grant and the Bob and Diane Fund Fellowship among other awards and recognitions. In addition, she has given conferences and Masterclasses internationally and has served as a project tutor in Mexico and Latin America.

Her work has been published in magazines, print and digital media such as; Leica Photographie International, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Women's Media Center, The HuffPost, El País and Lado B, among others. Greta has collaborated with UN offices and various civil society organizations. Greta's photographic work has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Mexico and in cities such as; New York, Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Quebec, Dubai, Tokyo and Valparaiso.

Greta's photographic work is part of the National Museum of Health and Wellbeing Cultures - Kalan, the Photo Library Collection of the Alberto Beltrán Research and Documentation Center of the General Directorate of Popular Cultures of Mexico and the Mexican Photoobservatory.