Luis Antonio Rojas
Photographer
Luis Antonio Rojas is a freelance documentary photographer from Mexico City.
He has a Civil Engineering degree at the Iberoamerican University, where he began photographing the urban fracture derived from the construction of the Santa Fe megaproject in the outskirts of Mexico City, which led to his first publication in the New York Times. Since then he has been working with communities facing urban phenomena.
Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as an assistant for several international photojournalists, including Daniel Berehulak and Sebastien Van Malleghem.
He recently graduated from the Visual Journalism and Documentary Practice Program at the International Center of Photography with a Wall Street Journal Scholarship, was shortlisted for the Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, was nominated for the World Press Photo 6×6 Global Talent Program and was honored with the “Keep in Flight” Award for embodying the heart and soul of John White’s message at the EAW XXXI.
His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
Luis Antonio Rojas
Photographer
Luis Antonio Rojas is a freelance documentary photographer from Mexico City.
He has a Civil Engineering degree at the Iberoamerican University, where he began photographing the urban fracture derived from the construction of the Santa Fe megaproject in the outskirts of Mexico City, which led to his first publication in the New York Times. Since then he has been working with communities facing urban phenomena.
Between 2015 and 2016 he worked as an assistant for several international photojournalists, including Daniel Berehulak and Sebastien Van Malleghem.
He recently graduated from the Visual Journalism and Documentary Practice Program at the International Center of Photography with a Wall Street Journal Scholarship, was shortlisted for the Lucie Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, was nominated for the World Press Photo 6×6 Global Talent Program and was honored with the “Keep in Flight” Award for embodying the heart and soul of John White’s message at the EAW XXXI.
His work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg.
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Dia CenterNew York / Beacon, USADia Center was founded in New York City in 1974 by Philippa de Menil, Heiner Friedrich, and Helen Winkler to help artists achieve visionary projects that might not otherwise be realized because of scale or scope. To suggest the institution’s role in enabling such ambitions, they selected the name “Dia,” taken from the Greek word meaning “through.” (more…)
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Comment Se RaconterSep 8, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024To tell your own story (Comment se raconter) brings together stories from behind the scenes of grand history, from society’s margins. The featured artists come from different horizons; they share stories through videos, sculptures, letters, and images. In our post-truth age, we are witnessing a fragmentation of collective narratives. (more…)
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William EgglestonPhotographerWilliam Eggleston is one of the most influential photographers of the latter half of the 20th century, credited with pioneering fine art color photography in his iconic depictions of the American South. (more…)
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Resistance Training: Arts, Sports, and Civil RightsAug 19, 2023 – Feb 18, 2024Resistance Training: Arts, Sports, and Civil Rights explores the shared values between artists and athletes in the advancement of social justice-related issues. Throughout history artists have looked to athletes and other public figures as sources of inspiration, encoding moments of social change in the works of art they create. This exhibition brings together a group of contemporary artists who investigate the intersection of sports and the advancement of civil rights in the United States. (more…)
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Thomas Schütte / Westkunstmodelle 1:1Sep 16, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024More than forty years after he first envisioned them, Thomas Schütte will now see three of his architectural models from the legendary Westkunst exhibition (1981) take shape at full scale. (more…)
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Stranger in the VillageSep 3, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin’s words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. (more…)
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Electrification, Ripples, and a Glass PlateSep 27 – Nov 12, 2023The exhibition Electrification, Ripples, and a Glass Plate reflects upon locational documentarian practices through photography and sound to investigate visible and invisible matters. The show spans more than a hundred years of photography history, bringing together intergenerational artists (more…)
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Antoni Tàpies. The Practice of ArtSep 15, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024As part of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU and on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012), Bozar presents the most important Tàpies retrospective in almost 20 years. The exhibition, organised by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, in collaboration with Bozar and the Fundació Antoni Tàpies, offers a comprehensive overview of Tàpies’ work (more…)
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Genko Genkov: Beyond The VisibleJun 14 – Nov 12, 2023In 2006, the Sofia City Art Gallery presented Genko Genkov with an exhibition featuring works created mostly over the period between 2002 and 2006. This was the artist’s last solo exhibition. Seventeen years later, the gallery team has come up with a couple of exhibitions commemorating the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth, (more…)
