Federico Estol
Frontline Freelance Register
Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay
Uruguayan photographer, graduated from the Image and Multimedia Technology Center of Politechnic University of Cataluña - BarcelonaTech. He is currently working in editorial assignments, promoting the Photobook Club Montevideo and as editor of El Ministerio Ediciones publishing house. He has been selected in festivals as Noorderlicht photofestival (NL), Athens photofestival (GR), Aleppo photofestival (SR), Backlight photofestival (FIN), Festival Internazionale di Roma (IT), Paraty em Foco and Canela foto (BR), Fotograma and San José Foto (UY), Nexofoto and Emulsión Sur (ES), Addis Foto Fest (ET), Fotofest (BO) and Photonic Moments (SL). He has been included in exhibitions at Aperture Foundation New York, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry Punta el Este, FOLA Buenos Aires, Contemporary Art Space Montevideo, Metropolitan State University Minneapolis and MACRO Museum Rome. The Treasure Island is his third published photobook after Fiestas del Uruguay and Hello Montevideo. He has received several awards, grants and scholarships, recently honoured with the Latin American Photobook award by CDF of Montevideo 2013, the Latin American Fotografía award 2015 and the IILA Fotografía award in Rome 2016.