Marcelo Perez del Carpio

Documentary Photographer / Photojournalist @ Freelance photographer / Contributor for Bloomberg, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images / Based in La Paz, Bolivia

Marcelo Pérez del Carpio was born in Bolivia in 1982 and spent his early years in Venezuela before moving back to his home country at the age of 18 to study architecture. During college, he discovered his true calling in the... read on
Focus: Photojournalist, Journalist, Advertising, Travel, Fine Art, Environment, Architecture, Documentary, Multimedia, Creative, Photography, Portraiture, Lifestyle, Events, Conceptual, Culture, Author, International News, Foreign Desk, Arts & Culture, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Humanitarian, Impact, Assignments, Human Rights, Investigation, International, Editorial
Skills: Image Archiving, Photojournalism
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Available in: La Paz, Bolivia
Focused on: Photojournalist, Journalist, Advertising, Travel, Fine Art, Environment, Architecture, Documentary, Multimedia, Creative, Photography, Portraiture, Lifestyle, Events, Conceptual, Culture, Author, International News, Foreign Desk, Arts & Culture, Journalist Investigative, Freelance, Humanitarian, Impact, Assignments, Human Rights, Investigation, International, Editorial
Skilled at: Image Archiving, Photojournalism
Coverage Regions: Latin America
Years of experience: More than 10

Marcelo Pérez del Carpio was born in Bolivia in 1982 and spent his early years in Venezuela before moving back to his home country at the age of 18 to study architecture. During college, he discovered his true calling in the world of images. After finishing his degree, he decided to strike out photography on his own, delving into documentary photography and photojournalism while collaborating with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and later as a freelance photographer for Bloomberg, Anadolu Agency, and Getty Images. For the past decade, he has focused on diverse aspects of cultural identity and social inequality in Bolivia and other countries with left-wing tendencies in South America. Since 2017, he has intimately captured the socio-political conflict, economic crisis, and moral decay of his second home, Venezuela, including its forced migration. 

His work has received honors and accolades from The Ian Parry Scholarship, AI-AP, PHotoEspaña, and The Nature Conservancy, among others. His photographs have been featured in numerous leading media outlets, including The New York Times, National Geographic, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine, Vogue, Time, Newsweek, WSJ, de Volkskrant, NRC, NZZ, El País, BBC Mundo, The Economist, Financial Times, and Mongabay Latam.

Marcelo continues to pursue personal long-term projects while working for international media in Bolivia, Venezuela, and the region. He is based in La Paz.