Bio, Awards & Expos
Jordi Pizarro (Barcelona, 1985).
Self-taught in my career as a documentary photographer. I started working as a freelance photographer for different Spanish newspapers and in 2010 I was contracted as a staff photographer for the Catalan newspaper ARA, after two years I quit and I started to work on my own personal projects. In 2013 I joined the Italian Agency Contrastro and I moved to live in New Delhi. During the next years, I was working across India with assignments for different international magazines.
Actually, I'm mostly interested in my personal and long-term projects. The emphasis of my work is largely focused on current social and environmental concerns that affect different communities around the world, most of them unadvertised by the big media. My main goal is to aid and increase awareness of issues affecting people and their environments in the world we live in. I hope that my photographs contribute in some small way towards creating a critical reflection of this world.
Taylor Wessing Finalist at the photographic portrait prize. 2016
Sony World Photography Awards Shortlisted in people category. 2016
Bourse du Talent du Paris shortlisted at the #65 edition. 2016
Environment Photographer of the Year Finalist. 2016
Chennai Photo Biennale (Goethe Institute) Selected for a commission. 2016
POYI Second Prize at Science and Nature category. 2015
POYI LATAM Second Prize at Portrait series category. 2015
SEJ (Society Environment Journalism) Winner of the Scholarship.2015
Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award Winner special juror prize. 2015
Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation finalist at the scholarship. 2015
Sony word Photography Awards Shortlisted in Conceptual category. 2015
SDN (social documentary Network) Honorable Mention. 2015
Kolga Award finalist. 2015
Lucie Foundation Finalist at the emerging scholarship. 2015
Emerging Photographer Grant by Burn Magazine Finalist. 2014
Ernesto Bazán Scholarship Winner of the scholarship. 2014
Fotovisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project. Honorable Mention. 2014
Photocrati Fund award Finalist. 2014
Encontros da Imagem Selected for an exhibition. 2014
Photodays festival Third place. 2014
Eddie Addams Workshop selected and Winner of the Time Award. 2013
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Scholarship Finalist. 2013
Photón Festival Award. 2013
Somerset House A story of a dead horse. UK 2016
Chennai Photo Biennale Fighting against the waves. India 2016
Persperktivet Museum The Believers. Norway 2015
Photolux Festival The Believers. Germany 2015
Universidad Panamericana Workshop & Conference. Mexico 2015
Bronx documentary center New York The Believers. USA 2015
Kolga Photography Festival The Believers. Georgia 2015
Instituto Cervantes New Delhi The Believers. India 2014
Photon Festival The Believers. Spain 2014
SCAN (Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Tarragona) The Believers. Spain. 2014
Photodays Festival. Croatia 2014
Lumix Festival for young visual journalism The Believers. Germany 2014
New Delhi PhotoFestival The Believers. India 2013
Can Baste The Believers. Spain 2013
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Fence Photoville Festival) The Believers. USA 2013
Self-taught in my career as a documentary photographer. I started working as a freelance photographer for different Spanish newspapers and in 2010 I was contracted as a staff photographer for the Catalan newspaper ARA, after two years I quit and I started to work on my own personal projects. In 2013 I joined the Italian Agency Contrastro and I moved to live in New Delhi. During the next years, I was working across India with assignments for different international magazines.
Actually, I'm mostly interested in my personal and long-term projects. The emphasis of my work is largely focused on current social and environmental concerns that affect different communities around the world, most of them unadvertised by the big media. My main goal is to aid and increase awareness of issues affecting people and their environments in the world we live in. I hope that my photographs contribute in some small way towards creating a critical reflection of this world.
Editorial Clients:
The New York Times, Time Magazine, National Geographic, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Smithsonian Magazine, The Sunday Times, Geo, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Internazionale, IO Donna, El Mundo, El País, El Periodico, Diari Ara, Le Monde, Paris Match, Neon, Le Parisien, Days Japan, Vice Magazine, The Caravan Magazine.
Awards & Scholarships:
POYI Latam Honorable mention at daylife series. 2017Taylor Wessing Finalist at the photographic portrait prize. 2016
Sony World Photography Awards Shortlisted in people category. 2016
Bourse du Talent du Paris shortlisted at the #65 edition. 2016
Environment Photographer of the Year Finalist. 2016
Chennai Photo Biennale (Goethe Institute) Selected for a commission. 2016
POYI Second Prize at Science and Nature category. 2015
POYI LATAM Second Prize at Portrait series category. 2015
SEJ (Society Environment Journalism) Winner of the Scholarship.2015
Kuala Lumpur International Photo Award Winner special juror prize. 2015
Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation finalist at the scholarship. 2015
Sony word Photography Awards Shortlisted in Conceptual category. 2015
SDN (social documentary Network) Honorable Mention. 2015
Kolga Award finalist. 2015
Lucie Foundation Finalist at the emerging scholarship. 2015
Emerging Photographer Grant by Burn Magazine Finalist. 2014
Ernesto Bazán Scholarship Winner of the scholarship. 2014
Fotovisura Grant for Outstanding Personal Photography Project. Honorable Mention. 2014
Photocrati Fund award Finalist. 2014
Encontros da Imagem Selected for an exhibition. 2014
Photodays festival Third place. 2014
Eddie Addams Workshop selected and Winner of the Time Award. 2013
Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Scholarship Finalist. 2013
Photón Festival Award. 2013
Exhibitions & Workshops:
Royal Geographical Society A story of a dead horse. UK 2016Somerset House A story of a dead horse. UK 2016
Chennai Photo Biennale Fighting against the waves. India 2016
Persperktivet Museum The Believers. Norway 2015
Photolux Festival The Believers. Germany 2015
Universidad Panamericana Workshop & Conference. Mexico 2015
Bronx documentary center New York The Believers. USA 2015
Kolga Photography Festival The Believers. Georgia 2015
Instituto Cervantes New Delhi The Believers. India 2014
Photon Festival The Believers. Spain 2014
SCAN (Festival Internacional de Fotografía de Tarragona) The Believers. Spain. 2014
Photodays Festival. Croatia 2014
Lumix Festival for young visual journalism The Believers. Germany 2014
New Delhi PhotoFestival The Believers. India 2013
Can Baste The Believers. Spain 2013
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Fence Photoville Festival) The Believers. USA 2013