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Federico Estol is a Uruguayan photographer and visual artivist. He is currently developing long-term projects that explore the relationship between cultural identity, inequality and social justice. He is also artistic director of the international festival San José Foto, professor of photography at the Arts University UNLP La Plata and editor of photobooks at El Ministerio Ediciones publishing house. His works are represented by East Wing Gallery (Qatar) and since 2025 is a Catchlight Global Fellow (USA).

 

Estol has a degree in photography from the UPC-Barcelona Tech University and a diploma in popular education from the Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina. His work has won awards such as the Grand Prix in Kyotographie (Japan), the Emergentes Award at the Encontros da Imagem Festival (Portugal), the Marco Pesaresi Contemporary Photography Award (Italy), the Best International Photobook Award FELIFA (Argentina), the Critical Mass - Photolucida Award from the Oregon Center of Photography (USA), the Jury Award at the International Photobook Festival (USA), the Jury Award at the International Photography Festival (USA), the Jury Award at the International Photography Festival (USA), and the Jury Award at the International Photography Festival (USA). (USA), the Jury Award at the Lenzburg Festival (Switzerland), the Best Latin American Photobook Award from the Montevideo Photography Center (Uruguay) and the Expert Award from the Lishui Museum of Photography (China).

 

He has also been a finalist for the Paris Photo-Aperture Photobook Award (France), Global Peace Photo Award (Germany) and the Kaunas Photo Star prize (Lithuania).

 

His photographs have been exhibited in galleries, cultural centers and festivals around the world, including Les Rencontres d'Arles (France), Kunsthal Art Museum (The Netherlands), Format Festival (UK), Village of Photography (South Korea), Benaki Museum (Greece), Blue Sky Gallery and FotoForum Santa Fe (USA), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japan), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japan), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japan), Kunsthal Art Museum (The Netherlands), Blue Sky Gallery and FotoForum Santa Fe (USA). UU), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japan), Photovisa (Russia), Photographic Center Nykyaika (Finland), Angkor Photo Festival (Cambodia), Getxophoto and SCAN Festival (Spain), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario (Argentina), Head On Photofestival (Australia), Cortona on the Move and MACRO Museum (Italy), Museo de la Ciudad (Mexico), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), Landskrona FotoFestival (Sweden), Ras Al Khaimah Art (UAE), Lagos Photo (Nigeria), Chennai Photo Biennale (India), Addis Foto Fest (Ethiopia), Centro de Fotografia de Montevideo (Uruguay), the Photobook Museum (Germany) and GNration (Portugal).

 

His work has also been published in media such as The Guardian, Internazionale, Die Zeit, Lento Magazine, China Newsweek Magazine, El País and Financial Times.

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His works are in various private and public collections such as the IHEAL Latin American Institute of the Sorbonne University in France, Fototeca Latinoamericana FOLA in Argentina, the Lishui Museum of Photography in China, the Fondazione Orestiadi in Italy, the Museum of Avant-garde in Switzerland and the National Museum of Photography in Norway.

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Federico Estol es un fotógrafo y artivista visual uruguayo. Actualmente desarrolla proyectos a largo plazo que exploran la relación entre la identidad cultural, la desigualdad y la justicia social. A su vez es director artístico del festival internacional SAN JOSÉ FOTO, profesor de fotografía en la Facultad de Artes UNLP La Plata y editor de fotolibros en El Ministerio Ediciones. Sus obras son representadas por la galería East Wing (Qatar) y desde 2025 es un Catchlight Global Fellow (EE.UU).

 

Estol es graduado en fotografía por la Universidad UPC-Barcelona Tech y diplomado en educación popular por la Multiversidad Franciscana de América Latina. Su trabajo ha obtenido reconocimientos como el Grand Prix en Kyotographie (Japón), el Premio Emergentes en el festival Encontros da Imagem (Portugal), Premio de fotografía contemporánea Marco Pesaresi (Italia), el premio mejor fotolibro internacional FELIFA (Argentina), el Critical Mass - Photolucida Award del Centro de Fotografía de Oregón (EE.UU), el Jury Award en el festival de Lenzburg (Suiza), Premio al mejor fotolibro latinoamericano del Centro de fotografía de Montevideo (Uruguay) y el Expert Award del Museo de la fotografía de Lishui (China).

 

También ha sido finalista del Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award (Francia), Global Peace Photo Award (Alemania) y el Kaunas Photo Star prize (Lituania).

 

Sus fotografías han sido exhibidas en galerías, centros culturales y festivales de todo el mundo, incluidos Les Rencontres d'Arles (Francia), Kunsthal Art Museum (Países Bajos), Format Festival (Reino Unido), Village of Photography (Corea del Sur), Museo Benaki (Grecia), Blue Sky Gallery y FotoForum Santa Fe (EE.UU), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japón), Photovisa (Rusia), Photographic Center Nykyaika (Finlandia), Angkor Photo Festival (Camboya), Getxophoto y SCAN Festival (España), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario (Argentina), Head On Photofestival (Australia), Cortona on the Move and MACRO Museum (Italia), Museo de la Ciudad (México), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Polonia), Landskrona FotoFestival (Suecia), Ras Al Khaimah Art (Emiratos Árabes), Lagos Photo (Nigeria), Chennai Photo Biennale (India), Addis Foto Fest (Etiopía), Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo (Uruguay), el Photobook Museum (Alemania) y GNration (Portugal).

 

Su trabajo también ha sido publicado en medios como The Guardian, Internazionale, Die Zeit, Revista Lento, China Newsweek Magazine, El País y Financial Times.

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Sus obras se encuentran en diversas colecciones privadas y públicas como el IHEAL Instituto Latinoamericano de la Universidad Sorbonne en Francia, Fototeca Latinoamericana FOLA en Argentina , el Museo de Fotografía de Lishui en China, la Fondazione Orestiadi en Italia, el Museo de la Avant-garde en Suiza y el Museo Nacional de la Fotografía de Noruega.

 

 

Awards, fellowships and grants:

  • Catchlight Global Fellow USA 2025

  • Grand Prix of the KG+ Select Award Kyotographie Japan 2025

  • Winner of the Fotoforum Santa Fe Award 2025 USA 2025

  • First prize of the Preus Museum - Oslo Negativ Festival Award Norway 2024

  • Winner of the Marco Pesaresi Award for Contemporary Photography Italy 2024

  • Winner of the Landskrona Foto Festival exhibition Award Sweden 2024

  • Finalist of the Grand Prix of Rovinj Photodays Croatia 2024

  • Winner of the Jury Award of the Fotofestival Lenzburg Switzerland 2024

  • Honorable mention of the International Photo Festival Incadaqués Spain 2023

  • Winner of the Gibellina Photoroad festival Italy 2023

  • Honorable mention of the Daylight Photo Awards USA 2022

  • Shortlisted for Kolga Tbilisi photo Awards, Georgia 2022

  • Winner of the Visual Art Institute grant Uruguay 2021

  • Winner of the Lishui Expert Award China 2021

  • Winner of the Photolucida - Blue Sky Gallery Award USA 2021

  • Shortlisted fo the Global Peace Photo Award Germany 2021

  • Finalist of the Allegro Prize Poland 2021

  • Winner of FORMAT Festival Open Call UK 2021

  • Honorable mention at the POYLATAM contest Ecuador 2021

  • Winner of the New Vision Award Cortona on the Move Festival Italy 2020

  • Winner of the Fotonoviembre Biennale Spain 2020

  • Shortlisted for the Meitar Award for Excellence in Photography Israel 2020

  • Winner of the “América Latina dans le Rue” contest by the he Institute of Latin American Studies of the University Sorbonne, France 2020

  • Nominated for the Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Awards France 2019

  • Nominated for the Prix PICTET Switzerland 2019

  • Winner of the photobook Cosmos Arles Award France 2019

  • Finalist of the photobook award Lima Photo Peru 2019

  • Winner of the Emergentes Award at the Encontros da Imagem Festival Portugal 2019

  • Winner of the FELIFA International Photobook Award Argentina 2018

  • Honorable mention of the International Photography Awards Lucie Foundation USA 2018

  • Finalist of the Kaunas Photo Star Award Lithuania 2017

  • Grant for Artistic Formation and Creation (FEFCA) Ministry of Education and Culture Uruguay 2017

  • Winner of the IILA Fotografía Award Festival Internazionale di Roma Italy 2016

  • Winner of the Fotofest Award Bolivia 2016

  • Finalist of the National Geographic San José Portfolio Award Uruguay 2016

  • Finalist of Paul Cezanne Award, Uruguay 2016

  • Winner of the Latin American Fotografía Award of AI-AP USA 2015

  • Grant of the ISSP- International Summer School of Photography Latvia 2014

  • Winner of the Latin American Photobook Award of the CDF Uruguay 2013

  • Winner of the Latin American Center of Photography Award Argentina 2012

  • Small Project Assistance Grants of the Partners of the Americas organization USA 2011

 

 

 

Photobooks:

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Fiestas del Uruguay (2009)

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Hello Montevideo (2011)

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La Isla del Tesoro (2014)

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Héroes del Brillo (2018)

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Cosa de Pueblo (2022)

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