Biography:

He studied photography in Casa de las Imágenes and Escuela Activa de Fotografía in Mexico, and the Center for Improvement of Journalists (CFPJ) in Paris, France. He has published his work in several Mexican and international newspapers and magazines. He has had 25 individual and 60 collective exhibitions in Mexico and abroad. Worthy of mention are: the rebellion of the EZLN in Chiapas (1994); the crisis of the ferrymen in the military base of Guantánamo, Cuba (1995); the anti-guerrilla operations in Colombia (1996); the visit of the Pope John Paul II to Cuba (1998) and the World Cup of Soccer in France (1998). He was special envoy to the Middle East during the Iraq war (2003); published documentary news articles in Morocco and Sarajevo (1998); the mental patients in Mexico (2000), the 9/11 attacks in New York and the conflict in Afghanistan (2001); he published the book "Manual de fotoperiodismo; Retos y Soluciones" (2003); and a news article about the Miracle Boy of Pope John Paul II in Zacatecas, published in the Paris Match magazine and El Pais Semanal magazine; a special coverage of the presidential elections in Mexico; and the special edition of Mexico for Match du Monde (2006).

Some of his more important exhibitions of the last few years include: "Mexico City, Space in Construction" presented in the Gallery of Photo 798 in Beijing, China, in 2004; "Scars" which was presented in Paris in 2005 in the Gallery Renoir de Le Latine; "Tibet" presented the Alliance Francaise in 2006 and "Beijing, Forbidden City" presented in Tecnologico de Monterrey in the same year.

He is the current photography editor of the newspaper EL CENTRO where he also writes his column EN LA MIRA every Saturday. He was invited to Photoespaña 2007 for the encounters of reflection between photographers, organized by Christian Caujoille in Centro de Arte Reina Sofía.

Statement:

Looking at Mexico City of from an airplane is a unique sensation, which allows navigating and discovering our asphalt forest from another perspective. The University, its historical squares, its roads, its monuments and geometry and colors, that can only observed by a bird’s eye, make of this brief portfolio a simple glance of what can be seen in one of the biggest cities of the world, from the clouds above.