Mauricio Morales
Bogotá, Colombia
Born in 1982, Mauricio Morales Duarte is a Colombian photojournalist and journalist with a major degree in Audio Visual Media from Politécnico University of Bogotá. He was nominated twice for the Joop Swart Masterclass of the World Press Photo and selected for The New York Portfolio Review. He began his career as a staff photographer for a regional newspaper in Colombia. He later became a freelance photographer collaborating with NGO’s and Colombian media outlets. Since 2012 he has been covering the war in Syria and it’s spill over in Turkey. He covered the Israeli Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip. He works as a stringer for the international news agencies, AFP, EPA, Polaris and Sipa Press USA. He also is a contributor for Colombian major media El Espectador, Semana, Esquire, Terra and Vice Colombia where he produces both photographic and written special reports. His work has been featured in major media such as The New York Times, Time Lightbox, TV5Monde, LA Times, France 24 and The Guardian, amongst others. NGOs, Christian Aid and Aldeas Infantiles SOS Colombia also have commissioned him to assignments around the Colombia’s armed conflict. Colombia’s Universities as, Sabana University, Sergio Arboleda University and Nikon School Colombia have invited him to talk about freelance reporting in conflict zones
- Breaking news
- Conflict
- Crisis
- Editorial
- Events
- Medical
- Military embed
- Reporting
- RISC training
- Video capture