Federico Estol is an uruguayan visual artist and photographer based in Montevideo. He currently works as a community storyteller producing visual stories with social organizations in Latin America, also is the artistic director of SAN JOSÉ FOTO festival and editor of El Ministerio Ediciones publishing house. His long-term projects are focused in community-driven stories exploring the relationship between cultural identity, inequality and social justice.

Estol holds a Bachelor's degree in Photography from the Barcelona Tech University and a degree in Popular Education. His work has garnered awards including Emergentes Award at Encontros da Imagem festival (Portugal), New Visión Award at Cortona on the Move festival (Italy), Photolucida Award of the Oregon Center of Photography (USA), FELIFA Latin  American photobook Award (Argentina) and Expert Award of the Lishui Photography Museum (China).

He has also been a finalist for the Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award (France), Kaunas Photo Star (Lituania) y el Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography (Israel).

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His photography has been exhibited in galleries, cultural centres and festivals around the world, including the Aperture Foundation (USA), Kunsthal Art Museum (Netherlands), Les Rencontres d'Arles (France), Format Festival (UK), Village of Photography (South Korea), Photovisa Festival (Rusia), Blue Sky Gallery (USA), Angkor Photo Festival (Cambodia), Photographic Centre Nykyaika (Finland), Getxophoto Festival (Spain), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario  (Argentina), Head On Photofestival (Australia), Museo de la Ciudad (México), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), Addis Foto Fest (Ethiopia) , Montevideo Center of Photography (Uruguay), MACRO Museum (Italy) and GNration (Portugal). His projects has also been featured in publications such as The Guardian, Internazionale, Die Zeit, China Newsweek Magazine, El País and Financial Times.

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His works are in various private and public collections such as the Fondazione Orestiadi in Sicilia, FOLA Latin American Photo collection in Buenos Aires, The Institute of Latin American Studies IHEAL of the University Sorbonne in Paris, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Lishui Photography Museum China and the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum.