Diana Cervantes
Authority Collective
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Diana Cervantes is an Independent Visual Journalist based in New York City and her hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cervantes focuses on long-form visual narratives in conservation efforts, the environment, unique intimate bonds between humans and animals and human ties to the land.
Her passion for animals and the environment drives her work from an intimate perspective often forming lasting bonds and working connections with the individuals who welcome her into their lives and work.
Cervantes work has captured the plight of the wild horses in the small town of Placitas, New Mexico and most recently two long form bodies of work. A focus on urban oyster restoration in the New York Harbor by Billion Oyster Project, and the self-named Mother Pigeon who shares her bond with the pigeons in NYC.
Additionally in 2020 Cervantes was selected as one of the International Women’s Media Foundation Gwen Ifill Mentorship Fellows. She was mentored by Photojournalist and Nikon Ambassador Ami Vitale. In 2022 she was selected to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop.
She is also a member of: Argo Collective, The Authority Collective, Diversify Photo and Society of Environmental Journalists.
2022 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV
- Audio capture
- Breaking news
- Editorial
- Environment
- Interview
- Portrait
- Reporting
- RISC training
- Underwater
- Wildlife
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Diana Cervantes
This project follows the story of Placitas Wild, a non profit organization who took care of free roaming horses in the wild, on a Pueblo reservation near the small town of Placitas. After the Pueblo requested to take back the land the organization was left to find homes for nearly 90 of the horses in their care, many of whom they had cared for 15 years. Some horses found new homes while others had to be sent to Mustang Camp for training in hopes to adopt into homes and sanctuaries. In this image: Adelina Sosa delivers hay to the horses on the San Felipe Pueblo reservation prior to their rehoming. Originally from Panama, Sosa now 69, has been helping with the free roaming horses since she moved out to Placitas in 2000. To Sosa helping the horses is what she feels she was put on this earth to do and is glad to take up the burden. “I’m very happy to do (it) because it was nice to see those eyes (everyday),” Sosa said.
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Diana Cervantes
Adelina Sosa, seen carrying a bale of hay to the horses on the San Felipe preserve in late February, has been helping with the free-roaming horses since she moved to Placitas 19 years ago. The 69-year-old has tended to their wounds, nursed starving horses, and helped deliver a foal that was stuck in the birth canal.