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Luis Alberto Padilla

Director of MXSPF

Bio

Bachelor of Laws, self-taught photographer from Querétaro, specialized in black and white photography, with Japanese street photography as a primary influence.

  • Co-founder and member of Flagrante Collective (2017), the first street photography collective in Querétaro.
  • Co-founder of “ENFOCA: encuentro de fotografía de calle” (2019), the first street photography festival event format in Mexico.
  • Finalist of Huawei NEXT IMAGE AWARDS Latin America 2019.
  • Co-founder and member of the collective “Hiperfocales” (2021)
  • Ambassador of the 24 Hour Project in Querétaro since 2022.
  • Co-founder and general director of Mexico Street Photo Fest (MXSPF), the first international street photography festival in Mexico. (2023, 2024) (2023, 2024)
  • Finalist and exhibitor at URBAN Photo Awards 2023 in the “streets” category. Published in the book “URBAN unveils the City and its Secrets, Vol. 09.
  • Featured in Eyeshot Magazine “Mexico #12”.
  • Exhibitor at Ecos Cardinales 2023, by Postal 5.6.
  • Mentions and collaborations with Postal 5.6, Fish Eye, La Pura Street Photography Mexicana, Hablemos de Fotos, ITESM Querétaro, UVM Querétaro.

His works have been exhibited in Mexico, Iran, Italy, and Hong Kong.

He has conducted research on photographers such as Vivian Maier, Daido Moriyama, Saul Leiter, Sergio Larraín, which have been used as teaching materials for photography courses at universities in Argentina, Chile, and Spain.

He has given talks and lectures for: MX Street Photo Fest, the Mexican Society of Professional Photographers AC, “Cátedra Germán Patiño”, among others.