Morty Ortega
NPPA
Dallas, TX, USA
I'm a bicultural Chilean-American visual journalist and narrative writer raised in the United States. I've lived and traveled extensively in Chile and spent time living in Mexico. I'm currently based in Waco, Texas.
I've been a staff member of Foundry Photojournalism Workshops since the first one in Mexico City, 2008.
My career started when I moved to Chile and worked as a travel photographer in Patagonia. I've worked for Getty Images, dpa Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the Hartford Courant, Delta Air Lines' SKY and Korean Air's Morning Calm magazines. I've also been published in several Chilean publications including La Tercera, Las Ultimas Noticias, and Terra.cl. In 2010, I worked for the government of Chile's press office as assistant to Hugo Infante and photographed during the rescue of the 33 trapped miners.
In 2012, I attended the XXV Eddie Adams Workshop.
2014 - 1st Place Community Service Award, 2013 - 2nd Place General Magazine Story Package, 2013 - 1st Place Non-fiction Magazine Article, 2013 - 1st Place across multiple categories, 2012 - Getty Assignment awarded at Eddie Adams Workshop
- Audio editing
- Breaking news
- Editorial
- Entertainment
- Environment
- Events
- Food
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Still life
- Video capture
Chile Miners Rescue
Morty Ortega
Yonni Barrios, 50, hugs his partner, Susana Valenzuela, after exiting and becoming the twentieth miner to be rescued from the San Jose mine near Copiapo, Chile on October 13, 2010.
Kachin Independence Army
Morty Ortega
Kachin Independence Army soldiers practice drills at the officer training school in Laiza, Myanmar on August 17, 2012.