Eva Marie Uzcategui
Miami, FL, USA
I am a freelance photographer from Caracas, Venezuela, now based in Miami, USA.
I'm a person of great curiosity and sensitivity to everyday stories. As a woman, a mom, and a Venezuelan experienced the situation of my country in recent years, I'm interested in social issues.
I studied Interior Design, and I practiced it for years, but I have always stayed close to photography. I come from a family of photographers, mainly dedicated to portraiture, so the photographic expression is something familiar to me.
For around ten years, I have been doing documentary photography, and in the last seven years, I have been documenting my family's life, practically every day.
For years I had my eyes set on photojournalism, but without regrets, I was fully committed to my daughter's upbringing during her first years. It was not until the beginning of 2019 that I had the opportunity to go out and document stories of others and spot news as well. On second thought, I think it was at that moment that I dared to assume that this is what I want to do and went out to do it. I am in full training and eager to learn and grow every day to be able to continue to witness what happens in our environment. I know that the way to help those in need is by creating awareness and try to deliver a message to those who can help them. And the medium I know is through photography, which I consider an all-powerful language. I also interest in video and writing; I enjoy telling the story around my photos and even around my daily life.
Since February 2019, I have been working as a contributor photojournalist for Getty Images, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Reuters, Bloomberg, Anadolu Agency, BBC Mundo and others.
2019 - Latin America Fotografía 8 - LAF8 SELECTED, 2019 - LAF8 SELECTED LOS DIEZ Winners Collection by Epson, 2020 - Documentary Family Awards, 2020 - IPA International Photography Awards, 2020 - PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, 2020 - LensCulture
- Breaking news
- Corporate
- Editorial
- Events
- Interior
- Portrait
- Reporting
Ironman
Eva Marie Uzcategui
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor Anthony Borges shows his injuries during an interview with AFP in Coral Springs, Florida, on August 9, 2019. The scourge of gun violence in the US is no secret: some 36,000 Americans are killed every year on average, or about 100 a day, in homicides, suicides, police-involved shootings and accidents. Hundreds more are shot and wounded daily in the most-heavily armed country in the world. Those victims -- of mass shootings, or just everyday arguments that go awry -- live on with their wounds.
Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP
Into the ocean
Eva Marie Uzcategui
A man jumps into the ocean at South Pointe Pier in South Beach, Florida, U.S., July 10, 2019. Eva Marie Uzcategui
