Fabiola Ferrero
Journalist and Photographer
Covering Latin America
Currently Colombia-Venezuela
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Fabiola Ferrero es periodista y fotógrafa nacida en Caracas en 1991. Su trabajo personal es el resultado de cómo sus recuerdos de la infancia contrastan con la actual Venezuela, su país de origen. Buscando retratar la crisis de su país más allá de las noticias, la emoción es un elemento clave en su narrativa. Ella quiere complementar la pregunta "¿Qué está pasando?" con "¿Cómo afecta esto a nuestras almas?”
Usando su experiencia en escritura y periodismo de investigación, desarrolla proyectos visuales a largo plazo sobre América del Sur, y especialmente la crisis venezolana, centrada en formas colaborativas para hablar sobre la condición humana en contextos hostiles.
Interesada en dar oportunidades a otros talentos emergentes de la región, fundó el Semillero Migrante en 2021, un programa educativo gratuito para jóvenes migrantes venezolanos y sus pares colombianos.
Fue jurado del concurso World Press Photo 2021 para la región de Suramérica, y Fellow del programa de Justicia Social de la fundación Magnum en Nueva York.
Fabiola colabora a menudo con medios internacionales como The New York Times, Bloomberg y Le Monde.
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Fabiola Ferrero is a journalist and photographer born in Caracas in 1991. Her personal work is the result of how her childhood memories contrast with nowadays Venezuela, her home country. Looking to portray her country's crisis beyond the news, emotion is a key element in her storytelling. She wants to complement the question "What is happening?" with "How is this affecting our souls"?
Using her background in writing and investigative journalism, she develops long term visual projects about South America, and especially Venezuela's crisis, focused on collaborative ways to speak about the human condition under hostile contexts.
Interested in bringing opportunities to other newcomer photographers in the region, Fabiola founded Semillero Migrante in 2021, a mentorship program around migration that empowers Venezuelans and Colombians and promotes integration of both cultures.
She was a jury member for the World Press Photo 2022 contest South American region and Magnum Foundation Fellow for the Social Justice Program in 2018.
She’s a frequent contributor of several international media outlets, such as Le Monde, Bloomberg and New York Times.
AWARDS/RECONOCIMIENTOS
2023. Winner. World Press Photo, Long Term Projects Category. South America.
2023. Picture of the Year International. Honorable Mention. Long Term Projects Category.
2021. Winner. Carmignac Photojournalism Award.
2021. Winner. 6Mois Photojournalism Award.
2021. Winner. Inge Morath Award. By Magnum Photos + Magnum Foundation.
2021. Finalist. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund.
2021. Winner. Getty Images Grant for Programs Award given to Semillero Migrante initiative.
2021. Honorable Mention. Lucie Foundation Scholarship, category Photo Taken.
2021. Winner. FotoEvidence Book Award - Red Flag, with Covid Latam collective.
2020. Winner. Magnum Foundation Covid-19 Projects Grant.
2020. Shortlisted. Leica Oscar Barnack Newcomer Award.
2020. Shortlisted. Alexia Grant.
2020. Selected. The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch.
2020. Shortlisted. Marilyn Stafford Fotoreportage Award.
2020. Jury’s Pick. Daylight Photo Awards.
2020. Winner. Experimenter Art Production Grant.
2020. Winner. National Geographic Society Covid-19 Emergency Fund, Ruda Colectiva.
2020. Winner. Meedan Covid-19 Grant, Ruda Colectiva.
2019. 30 under 30 Women Photographers. ARTPIL.
2019. Joop Swart Masterclass participant. World Press Photo Foundation.
2019. Winner. Grant from Critical Refugee Studies Department, UCSD.
2018. Winner. World Press Photo 6x6 Talent Program South America.
2018. Winner. Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship.
2018. Winner. VII Mentor Program.
2018. Participant. Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI
2018. Nominated. Elliott Erwitt Havana Club Grant.
2018. Winner. PHM Women Photographers Grant New Generation Prize Honorable Mention.
2018. Shortlisted. PH Museum Grant.
2017: Winner. Emerging Vision Award by The Documentary Project Fund.
INTERVIEWS/ENTREVISTAS:
Vist Projects: A Coca Family Narrates itself
TIME: State of Ruin: Tales from Venezuela's Collapse
Interview with Geopolis (French)
World Press Photo: Sometimes Blurred
Nieman Reports: Covering a collapsing nation
PH Museum: The psychological turmoil of a nation
Rory Peck Lifelines: Fabiola's story
The Week: The ghosts of Venezuela
Fabiola Ferrero: Arte, poesía y emoción
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