Marcelo Perez del Carpio

Marcelo Pérez del Carpio was born in Bolivia in 1982 and spent his early years in Venezuela before moving back to his home country to study architecture. Halfway, he found his source of inspiration in the world of images and later, photojournalism. After finishing his degree, he decided to strike out photography on his own and began to collaborate with the ICRC and other local organizations as a freelance photographer. For the past ten years, he has followed diverse aspects of indigenous cultural identity and social inequality in Bolivia and neighboring countries with left-wing tendencies. Since 2017, he has been documenting periodically the political instability, economic crisis, and moral decay of his second home, Venezuela, including its tragic forced migration. During the pandemic, he has turned his attention to showcasing the impact of the climate crisis on underrepresented communities in Bolivia's dry forests and the American Gran Chaco.

His work has been recognized as "Highly Commended" by the Ian Parry Scholarship and has received accolades by the AI-AP, PHotoEspaña, and The Eddie Adams Workshop, among others. Marcelo's photographs have appeared in numerous leading publications like The New York Times, National Geographic, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine, Time, Newsweek, BBC Mundo, WSJ, El País, NZZ, de Volkskrant, NRC, The Economist, Financial Times and Mongabay. 

Currently based in La Paz, Marcelo continues to work for international media while developing personal long-term projects in Bolivia and abroad.