Striving for the Sublime
For the last 20 years, I have used photography as a way to engage with the world. Through long-term projects and ongoing exploration, my work focuses on what lies beneath the surface, moments, places, and people that reveal themselves slowly over time.
Embedded in many worlds, cultures, and traditions, I have been naturally driven and attracted to extreme journeys, remote places, tribes, and threatened cultures, obsessed by untold realities, rare captured moments, simple but singular realities, and yes.... striving for the sublime.
A lifelong search
My work has taken shape through a series of long-term documentary projects carried out in some of the world’s most remote regions. From the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan to the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, the rainforests of Borneo, I have focused on communities living at the edge of visibility. In collaboration with organizations such as Barefoot College, The Nature Conservancy, I have documented social and environmental transformations across India, Nepal, Asia, Central & South America. These projects include extensive work on climate change & indigenous communities.
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Awards
My work has been recognized across both photography and film, with international awards and selections reflecting a practice that moves between still and moving images. In photography, I was awarded 1st place in the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, and my work has been honored by institutions such as PDN, Applied Arts, and LUX, with multiple distinctions including a Grand Prize.
In film, my projects have been selected and awarded at festivals in Mexico City, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Toronto, and Paris. Recent work has received Best Long Documentary, as well as awards for Best Cinematography and Best Music Score. Earlier, Wakhan was selected among the Best of Show at the Étonnants Voyageurs Film Festival and received Best 1st or 2nd Documentary at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.
Exhibitions
My photographic work is internationally exhibited in galleries,cultural institutions, and public venues across North America and Europe. Major exhibitions at Arsenal Contemporary Art in Toronto and Montreal, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Milk Gallery in New York, and the Impossible Project Gallery in New York. My long-term documentary projects have also been presented through exhibitions and events in Geneva, London, Paris, Mexico City, and Montreal.
Publications
Over the past two decades, my work has been featured, commissioned, and published by some of the world's leading editorial, cultural, environmental, and humanitarian organizations, including National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, CNN, CBC, Radio-Canada, GEO Magazine, The Nature Conservancy, NextGen Climate, Barefoot College, Karuna-Shechen, and the Hutan Project.
INAH Historical Collection
Selected to become part of the official collection of the INAH — the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia of Mexico — as part of the institution’s 85th anniversary commemorations.
A profound honor to enter the archives of an organization dedicated to preserving the historical, cultural, and anthropological memory of Mexico.
Collectors Limited Editions
Beyond the open editions available throughout the gallery, a selection of photographs is offered as signed and numbered collector editions. Produced on archival ChromaLuxe aluminum and released in strictly limited quantities, these works originate from projects exhibited internationally and published by institutions including National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times, and Arsenal Contemporary Art. Each piece is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and represents the highest level of collectibility within the Varial Studio archive.
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Fine Art Collection
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Fragmentos
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