Marco Garro is a documentary photographer, journalist and visual artist based in Peru. His work focuses on social and human rights and environmental issues, mainly in the Andes and the Amazon. A Pulitzer Center grantee, he received an award in the World Press Photo 2024, won first place at the Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano in Peru, and also won three annual awards for his photojournalism work from the press organization IPYS in Peru. He received the Photography Residency from the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac in Paris, France. He recently published his first photo book, “Quiulacocha,” which explores the consequences of mining pollution in an Andean city.

Garro’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art and The Biennial of Photography in Peru and featured in group exhibitions in France, Portugal, Spain, Indonesia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He is a contributor to The New York Times and the investigative journalism platform OjoPúblico. During his career, he has worked in local newspapers and international news agencies in Peru. His photographs have been published in Bloomberg, Financial Times and EL PAÍS, among others.

He is a member of the photographic collective Supayfotos that has exhibited in Peru and abroad and has represented the collective in the international photojournalism festival Visa pour l'Image.

Photo by Mitra Taj