Alejandra Rajal is a freelance documentary photographer based in Mexico. Her vision focuses on creating awareness of different realities, looking for social conscience. She holds a B.A. in Advertising and her work has been featured in NPR, National Geographic, Nature, The Guardian, VICE, El País, among others. She is HEFAT certified.
Member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo and Frontline Freelance Mexico.
Co-founder Everyday Mujeres
Member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo and Frontline Freelance Mexico.
Co-founder Everyday Mujeres
Acknowledgments
XX Biennal de Fotografía del Centro de la Imagen. Selected - 2023
EAW "International Assignment". Awardee - 2022
GFX Challenge Regional Grantee - 2022
Visura Highlighting Success Stories by Women - 2020
Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures - 2020
National Geographic Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists. Grantee - 2020
Fundación Gabo and Open Society Foundations. Grantee - 2020
IWMF Adelante Fellow - El Salvador, 2020
Scholarship Steven Sotloff 2Lives Foundation and ACOS - Miami, USA, 2019
IWMF scholarship for Native Agency’s Festival - Ecuador, 2017
Education
Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV - USA, 2022
Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Seminar. VII Academy. - 2021/2022
Missouri Photo Workshop 72nd - 2020
Research and new narratives on drug policy. Fundación Gabo and OSF - Colombia, 2020
Drug policy and therapeutic justice. Social Science Research Council - Mexico, 2020
HEFAT training RPS Partnership - Mexico, 2020
Women Photograph Workshop - Ecuador, 2019
HEFAT training RPS Partnership - Mexico, 2019
HEFAT training GJS - Miami, USA, 2019
Boreal Bash V by Boreal Collective - Mexico, 2018
Strudel Media with Anja Hitzenberger - 2018
"Risk and security in Latin America´s journalism". IWMF and Knight Center - 2018
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop - Mexico, 2017
Exhibitions
XX Biennal de Forografía Centro de la Imagen - Upcoming, 2023.
Fujifilm Square - Japan, 2022
Centro de la Imagen - Mexico, 2021
Distrito Tec and FEMSA Foundation - Mexico, 2021
Fotografia de Paranapiacaba with The Journal - Brasil, 2020
Grun Berlin GmbH with Native Agency - Germany, 2020
Lumix Festival with Native Agency - Germany, 2018
XX Biennal de Fotografía del Centro de la Imagen. Selected - 2023
EAW "International Assignment". Awardee - 2022
GFX Challenge Regional Grantee - 2022
Visura Highlighting Success Stories by Women - 2020
Women Photograph: 2020 Year in Pictures - 2020
National Geographic Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists. Grantee - 2020
Fundación Gabo and Open Society Foundations. Grantee - 2020
IWMF Adelante Fellow - El Salvador, 2020
Scholarship Steven Sotloff 2Lives Foundation and ACOS - Miami, USA, 2019
IWMF scholarship for Native Agency’s Festival - Ecuador, 2017
Education
Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV - USA, 2022
Photojournalism and Documentary Photography Seminar. VII Academy. - 2021/2022
Missouri Photo Workshop 72nd - 2020
Research and new narratives on drug policy. Fundación Gabo and OSF - Colombia, 2020
Drug policy and therapeutic justice. Social Science Research Council - Mexico, 2020
HEFAT training RPS Partnership - Mexico, 2020
Women Photograph Workshop - Ecuador, 2019
HEFAT training RPS Partnership - Mexico, 2019
HEFAT training GJS - Miami, USA, 2019
Boreal Bash V by Boreal Collective - Mexico, 2018
Strudel Media with Anja Hitzenberger - 2018
"Risk and security in Latin America´s journalism". IWMF and Knight Center - 2018
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop - Mexico, 2017
Exhibitions
XX Biennal de Forografía Centro de la Imagen - Upcoming, 2023.
Fujifilm Square - Japan, 2022
Centro de la Imagen - Mexico, 2021
Distrito Tec and FEMSA Foundation - Mexico, 2021
Fotografia de Paranapiacaba with The Journal - Brasil, 2020
Grun Berlin GmbH with Native Agency - Germany, 2020
Lumix Festival with Native Agency - Germany, 2018