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Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 8 JURIES 2019 

Latin American Fotografía 8 JURADO / JURY / JURÍ

Top row: Leslie dela Vega, Verónica Sanchis, Ana Casas Broda - Bottom row: Alfredo de Stéfano, Daniel Brena

Daniel Brena

Director, Centro de las Artes de San Agustín / MÉXICO
Daniel Brena is the director of Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (Oaxaca, Mexico). Previously, he was the director of Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo.

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Alfredo de Stéfano

Photographer, Visual Artist, Cultural Manager, Luz del Norte Fotografía / MÉXICO

Es considerado uno de los fotógrafos conceptuales contemporáneos más importantes de México. Su pasión es el paisaje y específicamente el del desierto .Gestor cultural y director del Concurso de Fotografía Contemporánea de México y el de Latinoamérica, así como del Festival Internacional de Fotografía NL-Foto en Monterrey, N.L. México. Dirige y fundó la organización sin fines de lucro Luz del Norte Fotografía, A.C. dedicada a promover y difundir la diversidad de la fotografía latinoamericana a través de variadas plataformas.

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Leslie dela Vega

Director of Visuals, OZY MEDIA / USA

After graduating from San Francisco State University with a degree in photography, Leslie moved to New York City to pursue her photography career. She was fortunate enough to start off as an intern

for Vibe Magazine and quicky yrealized becoming a Photo Editor was her calling. From there, she worked at various publications such asTime Magazine, Essence, Fortune, Fast Company and the NewYork

Times and Digital Director of Photography for Rolling Stone Magazine. Currently she works as the Director of Visuals at OZY Media.

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Verónica Sanchis Bencomo

Photo editor, Founder, Foto Feminas / VENEZUELA / HONG KONG

Venezuelan photographer, photo editor, and contributing writer for Photographic Museum of Humanity (U.K); Photo World magazine (China) and Witness - World Press Photo online publication (The Netherlands).

In 2014, she founded Foto Féminas, an online resource for promoting Latin American and Caribbean women photographers. In addition, she has curated and produced photo exhibitions in Argentina, China, Guatemala, México, Chile and Perú. Verónica is currently based in Hong Kong, and is available for assignments, collaborations and print sales in the region and beyond. 

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Ana Casas Broda
Artist, Photoeditor INFRAMUNDO, co-director Hydra + Fotografía / SPAIN / MÉXICO
Spain, 1965, lives in Mexico since 1974. Since 1983, she has had numerous solo exhibitions in Mexico and abroad. She has published two photobooks in Spain: Álbum, (Mestizo, 2000), and Kinderwunsch, (La Fábrica, 2014), which received the Award for the best edited art book of 2014 of the Ministry of Education and Culture in Spain. She has presented her work in solo shows in Mexico, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Uruguay, and other countries. Kinderwunsch was nominated for the Deutsche Börse Prize in 2015.

Since 1990 she organizes activities related to the photography media, educational programs, festivals, etc. She worked as head of the educational area of the Centro de la Imagen, 1994-1999 and 2007-2015. In 2012 she founds Hydra + Photography with Gabriela González Reyes and Gerardo Montiel Klint, a platform for photographic projects, with a gallery, bookstore of photobooks, educational programs, exhibitions, sale of work, among others. In 2016 she starts INCUBADORA DE FOTOLIBROS, a program where authors develop their photobooks with the advice of national and foreign editors and designers. In 2018, she founded INFRAMUNDO, a publishing project of Hydra, with José Luis Lugo and Ramon Pez, that published 24 photobooks and presented at international fairs in 2018. She is nominator and jury for various photography festivals and awards.

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Latin American Ilustración 8 Jury

Top row: Juan Carlos Pagan, Ana Lorena Amaya, Claudio Aguilera and Antonio R. Ayala - Bottom row: Cheyne Gateley, Daniela Garza and Ricardo Bideau

Claudio Aguilera

Investigador, Escritor y Curador especializado en ilustración. Biblioteca Nacional de Chile / CHILE

Periodista de la Universidad de Chile. Máster en Libros y Literatura Infantil y Juvenil de la UAB Barcelona. Socio fundador de PLOP! Galería y editor de Letra Capital Ediciones. Curador e investigador especializado en historia del libro y del libro ilustrado, ilustración e historieta. Autor del libro Antología visual del libro ilustrado en Chile (Quilombo Ediciones) y co-autor del catálogo Historieta chilena contemporánea (2006-2016).Como escritor ha publicado los libros ilustrados Hermanos (Quilombo Ediciones), Ahí (Erdosain) y La cabeza de Elena (Zig-Zag), ganador del Premio Municipal de Literatura 2018. Actualmente es jefe del Archivo de Láminas y Estampas de la Biblioteca Nacional, dedicada a recopilar, investigar y difundir el patrimonio gráfico chileno.

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Daniela Garza

Founding Partner, Socia Creativa / CEO, ANAGRAMA,  / MÉXICO

Licenciada en Diseño Gráfico por la Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM). Actualmente, Daniela es CEO y Directora Creativa de Anagrama, estudio enfocado en el desarrollo de experiencias de marcas a través de branding, diseño, desarrollo Web, arquitectura y espacios de Interiores. Cuenta con oficinas físicas en Monterrey y Ciudad de México y con representaciones administrativas en Tokyo y Neva York.Desde creación de conceptos bases hasta complejos sistemas gráficos, Daniela se ha especializado en construir marcas memorables utilizando metodologías creativas y gestionar cuentas y la operación de un estudio con presencia en más de 30 países.

Entre los premios más importantes del estudio, destacan: Sofia, un desarrollo inmobiliario de Cesar Pelli, acreedor del Quorum por mejor proyecto creativo en 2012, Niños Conarte ganador del Architizer A+Awards 2014, Helvetimart, Brand Impact brands en 2017 y Mejor estudio de diseño en Latinoamérica en 2018 por LAD Awards. Actualmente Daniela participa en diferentes conferencias internacionales alrededor del mundo como: How Design Live en Boston, Día D en España, Element Talks en Polonia, o dando talleres en Instituciones Educativas.

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Cheyne Gateley
Creative Director, Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP) / USA

Cheyne Gateley is the Creative Director for Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP), which is a division of Variety magazine, where he worked as an art director for more than a decade. Before that he did a stint as a News Artist for The Press-Enterprise, and was also the News Desk Chief/Art Director for the L.A. Times' community news division.

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Antonio R. Ayala

Co-Founder, Creative Director , JEROME AND ZIMMERMAN / MÉXICO

With an amazing skill for aesthetic perfection, he is a Cum Laude Designer graduated from University of Monterrey in the north of Mexico, with over 17 years of experience in the field.
His career began as a Graphic Designer and then Creative Director of the third largest Cultural Festival in Mexico at the time.

He has also worked as an art and Creative Advisor and Graphic Designer for different companies, brands and diplomatic embassies and offices in Southeast Asia, like the Consulate General of Mexico in Hong Kong and Macau, the Embassy of Canada in Beijing and Seoul, the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Chongqing and Shanghai, the High Commission of Canada to Singapore, the Canadian and the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and Macau, and also the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change in Hong Kong.
In 2013, he co-founded the award-winning studio and agency JEROME AND ZIMMERMAN, an out of the ordinary and creative firm based in Mexico, producing communication strategies and campaigns, packaging and label design, corporate identities and publishing design, as well as an extraordinary print work for a wide-range of brands, companies, including both public and cultural organizations around the world, mainly in Mexico, United States, China and Hong Kong.

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Ana Lorena Amaya

Partner & Strategy-Media Director, JEROME AND ZIMMERMAN / MÉXICO

Graphic designer graduated from University of Monterrey. Borne in the North of Mexico in the eighties, with over 12 years of experience. With a highly practical mind, she started her career at marketing in some local Real State companies. At the age of 25 she became the first female Marketing Manager in AutoZone, Mexico.C co-owner of the award-winning studio and agency JEROME AND ZIMMERMAN since 2014, an out of the ordinary and creative firm based in Mexico, producing communication strategies and campaigns, packaging and label design, corporate identities and publishing design, as well as an extraordinary print work for a wide-range of brands, companies, including both public and cultural organizations around the world, mainly in Mexico, United States, China and Hong Kong.

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Ricardo Bideau

Creative Director , Cadena + Asoc. Concept Design / MÉXICO

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Juan Carlos Pagan

Designer, Typographer & Creative Director, Sunday Afternoon / USA
A New York based Designer, Typographer, and Creative Director. He received his BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2006, and completed his postgraduate studies in typeface design at The Cooper Union in 2011. Juan has been honored for his work by The Type Directors Club, Communication Arts, The ADC, One Show, Graphis, Cannes Lions, Clios, Fastco, and Print Magazine among others. Some of his clients include Nike, The New York Times, Google, Pinterest, Variety Magazine, ESPN, Disney, CÎROC, and Under Armour. In 2013 Juan received The prestigious Art Directors Club Young Gun Award, That same year he was named the top of Adweek‘s Talent 100, and was subsequently nominated for Print Magazines New Visual Artist 20 Under 30. In 2018 He received the Type Directors Club Ascenders Award which recognizes the work of designers who are 35 years of age and under for their remarkable achievement in design, typography, type design, and lettering. He is currently the founding partner and Executive Creative Director of Sunday Afternoon. @wearesundayafternoon