Musuk Nolte
Photographer / Based in Lima, Peru
Musuk Nolte (Ciudad de Mexico, 1988 / Nationalized Peruvian) His work strives between documentary and artistic photography to approach social issues, such as memory and environmental depredation. Throughout his career, Nolte...
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Photographer, Photojournalist, Photo Editor, Photography, Artist, Visual Editor, Assistant Editor, Photo Editor Producer, Associate Photo Editor, Visual Storyteller
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Available in: Lima, Peru
Focused on:
Photographer, Photojournalist, Photo Editor, Photography, Artist, Visual Editor, Assistant Editor, Photo Editor Producer, Associate Photo Editor, Visual Storyteller
Coverage Regions:
Latin America
Languages Spoken: Spanish, English (mid level)
Years of experience: 6 to 10
HEFAT certification? no
Musuk Nolte (Ciudad de Mexico, 1988 / Nationalized Peruvian)
His work strives between documentary and artistic photography to approach social issues, such as memory and environmental depredation. Throughout his career, Nolte has often worked with communities and cultures from the Andean and Amazonian regions.
He holds a degree in Professional Photography and a specialisation in contemporary Photography. Has been awarded in several competitions, such as the World Press Photo in the Regional Singles Category (2023), X National Photography Award “Eugene Courret” (2009), among others. He has been FONCA Fellowship (2010), ON AIR - Krems Residency program (2007), World Press Photo Master Class - Latam (2015), Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund (2017), The Elliott Erwitt HC7 Fellowship (2017) presented with solo shows in Paris Photo (2017) and PhotoEspaña XX (2018), MAST Foundation Grant nominee (2019), Leica Oscar Barnack Award nominee (2020), Lightworks artist in residency and Bertha Foundation Fellow (2022). Actually is a National Geographic Explorer, working on a long-term project regarding water accessibility in different regions of Peru, an issue he has been exploring in the last few years.
He has presented 18 solo shows and has been part of several group exhibitions in museums, biennials and events such as Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI (Lima Art Museum), Lima Metropolitan Museum, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - MAC (Lima Contemporary Art Museum), III Photoquai Biennale, Singapore Photography Biennial, lll Daegu Photo Biennale, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Angkor Photography Festival, PhotoEspaña XX and XXl, XV Architecture Venice Biennale, Fototeca Latinoamericana - FoLa, Paris Photo, among others.
He has published seven books: “PIRUW” (with Leslie Searles), “La Primera Piedra”, “Flor de Toé” (with VS Photo), “La Velocidad de la Deriva”, “Sombra de Isla”, “La Resistencia del Silencio” and “Geographies of Water”.
Between 2008-2012, he was a staff photographer in El Comercio newspaper, and contributor in national and international media such as Time, The Guardian, Newsweek Japan, National Geographic Latam, The Nation, Newsweek Japan, LeFigaro, Corridera della Sera, CNN International, Internazionale, L'Insensé, Etiqueta Negra, El País, Folha Sao Paulo, Greenpeace, United Nations, Wildlife Conservation Society, among others.
Since 2013, Nolte is the founder and editor of KWY Ediciones, an independent publishing house and platform for visual narratives for Latin American authors and is also part of the research team of VIST Projects, a multiplatform content laboratory dedicated to creating contemporary visual narratives on social and cultural themes.
Recently made his first movie as a codirector cinematographer in “Diogenes” (Leonardo Barbuy, 2023).
His work strives between documentary and artistic photography to approach social issues, such as memory and environmental depredation. Throughout his career, Nolte has often worked with communities and cultures from the Andean and Amazonian regions.
He holds a degree in Professional Photography and a specialisation in contemporary Photography. Has been awarded in several competitions, such as the World Press Photo in the Regional Singles Category (2023), X National Photography Award “Eugene Courret” (2009), among others. He has been FONCA Fellowship (2010), ON AIR - Krems Residency program (2007), World Press Photo Master Class - Latam (2015), Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund (2017), The Elliott Erwitt HC7 Fellowship (2017) presented with solo shows in Paris Photo (2017) and PhotoEspaña XX (2018), MAST Foundation Grant nominee (2019), Leica Oscar Barnack Award nominee (2020), Lightworks artist in residency and Bertha Foundation Fellow (2022). Actually is a National Geographic Explorer, working on a long-term project regarding water accessibility in different regions of Peru, an issue he has been exploring in the last few years.
He has presented 18 solo shows and has been part of several group exhibitions in museums, biennials and events such as Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI (Lima Art Museum), Lima Metropolitan Museum, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo - MAC (Lima Contemporary Art Museum), III Photoquai Biennale, Singapore Photography Biennial, lll Daegu Photo Biennale, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Angkor Photography Festival, PhotoEspaña XX and XXl, XV Architecture Venice Biennale, Fototeca Latinoamericana - FoLa, Paris Photo, among others.
He has published seven books: “PIRUW” (with Leslie Searles), “La Primera Piedra”, “Flor de Toé” (with VS Photo), “La Velocidad de la Deriva”, “Sombra de Isla”, “La Resistencia del Silencio” and “Geographies of Water”.
Between 2008-2012, he was a staff photographer in El Comercio newspaper, and contributor in national and international media such as Time, The Guardian, Newsweek Japan, National Geographic Latam, The Nation, Newsweek Japan, LeFigaro, Corridera della Sera, CNN International, Internazionale, L'Insensé, Etiqueta Negra, El País, Folha Sao Paulo, Greenpeace, United Nations, Wildlife Conservation Society, among others.
Since 2013, Nolte is the founder and editor of KWY Ediciones, an independent publishing house and platform for visual narratives for Latin American authors and is also part of the research team of VIST Projects, a multiplatform content laboratory dedicated to creating contemporary visual narratives on social and cultural themes.
Recently made his first movie as a codirector cinematographer in “Diogenes” (Leonardo Barbuy, 2023).