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Women Water Defenders

Días Eternos

Abuelas con 30 años

Sinfonia Desordenada

Ana María
Arévalo Gosen

Visual Storyteller

Born in Caracas (Venezuela), shaped by our mighty world and currently based in Bilbao (Spain), I am a fighter for women’s rights and chose slow visual storytelling as my weapon.

Mixing rigorous research with intimate stories, I endeavour to make a positive impact through my projects every single day I’m given.

I believe in the power of photographs to raise awareness and trigger lasting change towards social justice.

In 2020, I became a National Geographic Explorer to enquire about the waves of migrations in Venezuela.

My project Dias Eternos revealing the conditions of women in pretrial detention and prisons in Venezuela, won the 1st place in POY Latam in the category “the strength of women”, the 2020 Lucas Dolega International Award as well as the Lumix Photo Award 2020.

Social impact through slow visual storytelling is my mission.

MORE ABOUT Myself

Social impact through
slow visual storytelling

1.8 billion images are produced every day. We live in the era of the “democratization of the image”. Images are not the creation of magicians, artists or niche professionals any more.

The fundamental difference between a photographer and a visual storyteller lies in the reason why they create images and tell stories – also called life purpose.

To us visual storytellers, photography is a vehicle to satisfy our curiosity and enable us to put our audience in the skin of those whose essence we capture, reveal and magnify.

In my field work of visual storyteller, I witness hopelessness in the eyes of my protagonists, who are usually in underprivileged and vulnerable situations. Through the creation of powerful stories, I advocate for minorities and give visibility to injustice.

What I ultimately want to achieve with my work is to raise awareness about social issues. I dedicate my life to trigger change and improve the human condition.

This is my daily mission.