Luis Soto

About Me

I was born in Guatemala on August 2, 1982 and currently live in Madrid, Spain.

Professional Experience

2018-Present Freelance Photojournalist

2013-2018 Associated Press (AP), Freelance Photojournalist

2013-2017 Magazine Contrapoder, Photo Editor

2009- 2013 The Newspaper el Periódico Photojournalist

2011-2013 France-Press Agency (AFP), Freelance Photojournalist

2009-2010 EFE, Freelance Photojournalist

Education / Workshops

Sep 2016 Workshop with Susan Meiselas, The Latitudes Foundation, of the Photography Center, El Salvador

Jul 2014 Workshop with Adriana Zehbrauskas, at the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Guatemala

Aug and Sep 2011 Workshop "Thought and Photography", by Bruno Dubner. Rojas Cultural Center, Buenos Aries, Argentina

Jul 2011 Workshop “The soul of storytelling” by Michael Robinson Chavez and Alex Kornhuber, at the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Apr 2010 Workshop "The Photo as an introspective medium" by Mayra Martell, Guatemala

Oct 2009 October 2009 Workshop “A collective story”, by the Brazilian collective Cia de Foto, Guatemala

Publications and exhibitions

2019 Interview in GlobalCitizen, The Latin American Foto Festival Is a Stunning Window Into the Region'sDiverse Cultures

2019 Tierra de Nadie, exhibition at "Latin American FotoFestival", Bronx Documentary Center, Bronx, New York

2019 Exhibition "Tierra de Nadie" and talk-colloquium. School of Arts and Crafts of Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain 

2018 publication "Land of Nobody" in www.holgaargentina.com

2018 Publication at www.apimagesblog.com "New evacuations near Guatemala volcano set off panic"

2018 Presentation of the Photo-book "Land of Nobody" and exhibition cultural center La Erre, Guatemala

2017 The winners for the March 2017 AP Staff Photo Contest Luis Soto and Moises Castillo in Feature Photography for “Guatemala Fire”, coverage of a fire where several girls died in the virgin home of the assumption

2017 Publication at www.apimagesblog.com "Santa Avelina, model village during the war in Guatemala"

2016 Interview in Itch Magazine, 12 pages edition # 8

2015 Exhibition in PhotoEspaña, collective exhibition “Latin America, A town in the southern United States”

2013 Publication of the photo essay “Guatemala de Juguete”

2012 “Panoptic” photographic exhibition, Casa Roja Cultural Center, Guatemala

2009 to 2018 Participation in the annual Central American festival ESFOTperiodismo (exhibition and catalog)