Bio:

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Federico Estol is an uruguayan photographer and artivist. He currently works as a visual storyteller producing stories in Latin America, his long-term projects are focused in the relationship between cultural identity, inequality and social justice. In addition, he is the artistic director of the international festival SAN JOSÉ FOTO and editor of photobooks at El Ministerio Ediciones. His works are represented by East Wing Gallery Doha-Berlin.

Estol holds a bachelor's degree in photography from the UPC-Barcelona Tech University and a degree in popular education from MFAL Franciscan Multiversity. His work has garnered awards including Grand Prix at Kyotographie (Japan), Emergentes award at Encontros da Imagem festival (Portugal), IILA-FOTOGRAFIA award (Italy), Critical Mass Photolucida award from the Oregon Center of Photography (USA), FELIFA best International photobook award (Argentina), Jury award at Lenzburg photofestival (Switzerland), Latin American photobook award from Montevideo Center of Photography (Uruguay) and Expert Award of the Lishui Photography Museum (China).

He has also been a shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award (France), the Kaunas Photo Star prize (Lituania) and the Global Peace Photo Award (Germany)

His photography has been exhibited in galleries, cultural centres and festivals around the world, including the Kunsthal Art Museum (Netherlands), Format Festival (UK), Village of Photography (South Korea), Benaki Museum (Greece), Blue Sky Gallery (USA), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japan), Photographic Centre Nykyaika (Finland), Cortona on the Move festival and MACRO Museum (Italy), Ras Al Khaimah Art (United Arab Emirates), Getxophoto Festival and SCAN (Spain), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario (Argentina), Head On Photofestival (Australia), Museo de la Ciudad (México), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Poland), Lagos Photo (Nigeria), Chennai Photo Biennale (India), Addis Foto Fest (Ethiopia), Montevideo Center of Photography (Uruguay), The Photobook Museum (Germany) and GNration (Portugal).

His projects has also been featured in international news networks such as The Guardian, Internazionale, Die Zeit, China Newsweek Magazine, Lento Magazine, El País and Financial Times.

His works are in various private and public collections such as the Institute of Latin American Studies IHEAL of the University Sorbonne in Paris, FOLA Latin American photo library in Buenos Aires, Museum of Avant-garde in Switzerland, the Orestiadi foundation in Italy, Lishui Photography Museum China and the National Photography Museum of 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 y editor de fotolibros en El Ministerio Ediciones. Sus obras son representadas por la galería East Wing Doha - Berlín.

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 IILA-FOTOGRAFIA (Italy), el premio mejor fotolibro internacional en 2018 del festival 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 el Kunsthal Art Museum (Países Bajos), Format Festival (Reino Unido), Village of Photography (Corea del Sur), Museo Benaki (Grecia), Blue Sky Gallery (EE. UU.), Horikawa Oike Gallery (Japón), Photographic Center Nykyaika (Finlandia), Getxophoto y SCAN Festival (España), Casa Nacional del Bicentenario (Argentina), Head On Photofestival (Australia) ), Festival Cortona on the Move and MACRO Museum (Italia), Museo de la Ciudad (México), Fotofestiwal Lodz (Polonia), Ras Al Khaimah Art (Emiratos Árabes), Lagos Photo (Nigeria), Chennai Photo Biennale (India), Addis Foto Fest (Etiopía), Montevideo Center of Photography (Uruguay), The 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.

Sus obras se encuentran en diversas colecciones privadas y públicas como el IHEAL Instituto Latinoamericano de la Universidad Sorbonne en París, Fototeca Latinoamericana FOLA en Buenos Aires , el Museo de Fotografía de Lishui China, la Fondazione Orestiadi en Italia, el Museo de la Avant-garde en Suiza y el Museo Nacional de la Fotografia 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:

Fiestas del Uruguay (2009)

Hello Montevideo (2011)

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La Isla del Tesoro (2014)

Héroes del Brillo (2018)

Cosa de Pueblo (2022)

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Contact:

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