About Rodrigo Cruz

Mexican, b. 1974

Education

1996-00     Visual Arts in the National Autonomous University of Mexico

Awards

2010            POYi Latino America, 3rd place Daily Life Multimedia

2010            Anthropographia Award for Human Rights and Photography, shortlisted

2010            "Global World: through the lens of human rights", honorary mention

2010            Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010, shortlisted

2010            Photojournalism Contest "Plaza de Armas", 3rd place (Mexico)

2010            Photojournalism Contest "Mexico-Megadiverso" SEMARNAT, 1st. Place (Mexico)

2010            XIV Biennial of Photography, selected (Mexico)

2009            "Children, Gender and Migration, National Migration Institute, 2nd place (Mexico)

2008            "The Faces of Migration”, National Migration Institute, 2^nd place, (Mexico)

2008            14 Latin American Documentary Photography Contest, 1st Award, "Trabajo Migrante" category

2007            Rights of Indigenous People, National Human Rights Commission, 1^st. place

2007            “Cuartoscuro” National Photography Competition, 1st. place (Mexico)

2006            "Lights of America" National Geographic Latin America, 1st place, News Category

Instructor

2011  Foundry Photojournalism Workshop - Argentina

Grants

Program of Formation of Photo-Essays 2007-2008 summoned by the National Council for the Culture and Arts, Mexico.

Group Exhibitions

2010            Laberinto de Miradas: Fricciones y Conflictos en Iberoamerica of Casa America Catalunya and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for the Development

2010            El paisaje, la habitacion, la persona Centro Cultural de España en Nicaragua

2010            XIV Biennial of Photography, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City

2010            New York Photo Festival

2010            Montreal Human Rights Film Festival

2010            Festival du Film et Forum International sur les Droits Humains, Geneva

Group Books

Descubrimientos 2010 PHotoEspaña

Laberinto de Miradas

Red Bull Illume Award 2010

Publications

The New York Times

GEO

National Geographic en Español

The Wall Street Journal

Maclean’s

The Washington Post

Le Temps

Esquire – Russia

Canon Professional Network

Enjeux Internationaux

The Chronicle of the Higher Education

Calgary Herald,

International Amnesty – Mexico

Burn Magazine

Private - International review of photographs

100 Eyes Photo Magazine

Mexico Desconocido

Films

2010            The Promised Land, 2:36 min., director, Mexico

2008            Paying the Price: Migrant Workers in the Toxic Fields of Sinaloa, 36 min., photographer, Mexico

2005            Radio Ñonmdaa: The Word of Water, 15 min. director, Mexico

2004            Eyes on What's Inside: The Militarization of Guerrero, 35 min., postproduction, Mexico