Native Agency
Changing Planet Exhibition (March-May 2021, Berlin, Germany)
Native Agency represented four photographers from Latin America in this visual exhibition shown at Ausstellungszentrum Pyramide in Berlin Hellersdorf, New School of Photography, and online in a digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managed call for applications, promotion, application review, edits of texts, and curation of visual narratives. Photo by Ximena Natera.
Photo Vogue Festival: Visions from the World Exhibition (November 2021, Milan, Italy)
View the festival’s digital platform and the Visions From The World Exhibition. Who is telling the story? This seemingly obvious question has been the basis and the foundation of all the work done with the Photo Vogue Festival: from celebrating the female gaze in fashion photography, to highlighting diversity behind and in front of the camera, to rethinking masculinity, PVF has always tried to challenge the danger of single, monolithic stories, and to push a multiplicity of points of view. For its 6th edition, titled REFRAMING HISTORY, they want to explore the projects that have reclaimed an alternative, different way of telling a tale. Curated a video for exhibition during the Photo Vogue Festival on behalf of Native Agency that highlighted work from all 83 photographers represented by the organization. Photo by Lee-Ann Olwage.
International Environmental Photography Lab (May-November 2021, Virtual)
This six month online mentoring program included 36 new photographers of various nationalities based out of 16 countries interested in topics related to the environment. Visual projects from the program will be exhibited at the close of the mentorship. Managed call for applications, promotion, application review, participant communications, payment processing and budgets, and other event logistics in collaboration with the team. Photo by Kathleen Lei Limayo.
Changing Environment Exhibition (June 2020, Virtual)
A photography exhibition led by Native Agency exploring the work of six Latin American creatives under the theme of a "Changing Environment" in a digital format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Managed edits of texts and curation of visual narratives. Photo by Liliana Merizalde.
Territory and Environment Exhibition (August 2019, Berlin, Germany)
This photography exhibition by Native Agency explored how territory can be explained as a physical line, a spiritual space or a mental state, while the environment touches on notions of climate and our relation to how it's changing. Both themes, territory and environment, were taken to infinite interpretations. Managed edits of texts and curation of visual narratives. Photo by Gulshan Khan.
Women's Media Leadership Bootcamp (January 2019, Naivasha, Kenya)
A four day workshop for female-identifying photojournalists from the African continent led by Native Agency in collaboration with the International Women’s Media Foundation and WAN-IFRA. Assisted in the management of application open call and the selection of 15 participants to attend the workshop. On the ground, served as the Assistant to the Director of Photography throughout the program. Photos by Tracy Keza.
International Environmental Photography Lab Exhibition (January-November 2022, Virtual)
View the International Environmental Photography Lab Exhibition. The International Environmental Photography Lab was a six month, online mentoring program presented by Native Agency in collaboration with Grün Berlin, Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin (New School for Photography), and the World Food Institute. The lab launched in May and concluded in November. It was for new photographers (defined as coming to the craft within the last three years) based anywhere in the world. Our 2021 mentors were Laura Beltrán Villamizar (Native Agency), Ben Chislett (Freelance), and Esther Horvath (iLCP, Alfred Wegener Institute). The photo projects developed during the mentorship cover topics of climate change, water, and urban nature. Gathered all photographic work from 36 photographers across 16 countries for exhibition, edited all texts, and produced digital format for viewing. Photo by Katherine Cheng.
Creative Lab (August 2018, Lagos, Nigeria)
Unleashing the power of the regions. A creative meet-up for visual storytellers. A lab led by Native Agency in collaboration with African Artists’ Foundation, Blink and the IWMF. Assisted in the management of application open call and the selection of 14 participants.