Juan Pablo Ampudia

Born in Jalisco in 1985, Mexican photographer Juan Pablo Ampudia currently lives between Yucatán and Mexico City. His work focuses on the aftermath of different social and environmental issues around Latin America, with a particular interest in resilience. In 2015 he documented the relationship with his mother, who suffered from Multiple Sclerosis for more than 25 years. This six-year personal project sheds light onto a progressive, degenerative and incurable disease that affects more than 2.8 million people. Between 2016 and 2018, he spent the early years of his career working in Brazil focusing on issues related to identity and conflict. In 2019, being more aware of the impact that our diet has on the environment, he documented the highest loss in the Brazilian rainforest in a decade. In 2020, he collaborated on several pieces about human rights violations and environmental crimes in Mexico. His work has been published in National Geographic, Los Angeles Times, Insider, UNICEF, Gatopardo, among others. In 2021, he joined VII Photo Agency as part of their Mentor Program, and is currently working on a long-form project that explores the challenges facing the Yucatan Peninsula, and its imminent cultural and environmental impact due to deforestation, agribusiness, and a voracious real estate development.