My Work
Bruma
2021
Using three stories and three coastal sites in northern Peru, Bruma speaks about a territory where every life has its meaning; a society that despite its limitations and material situations, continues to seek healing and to give meaning to its story.
Working with Docuperu is like going back to the future. Friends and colleagues of so many years, always in constant new projects. It was a pleasure and a challenge to be able to create and document in such a creative, different, orderly way a reality that much is said about, but not so much known. A beautiful and particular portrait of the north coast of Peru.
El Canto de Las Mariposas
2020
Rember Yahuarcani, an artist from a nearly extinct town in the Peruvian Amazon, returns to his grandmother's land for inspiration and discovers why the stories of his ancestors cannot be forgotten.
This is a documentary of processes ... constantly learning between so many professionals who were looking for a way to understand and document so many diverse realities, myths, legends, and horrors of Peru's history and the human condition. We were traveling through the sensitivity of art and a unique documentary was achieved.
Nada Queda Sino Nuestra Ternura
2017
A forgotten bridge, a house in ruins, a melody that one would like to find again: for many, the armed conflict at the end of the 20th century, in Peru, forever changed the face of the country. The Andean territory became the mirror of a fragmented memory, with which it is difficult to reconcile. Nothing Remains But Our Tenderness accompanies women and men who face the traces left on the road.
This was one of the most interesting processes in my professional development, together with friends and colleagues from DocuPerú, and a new direction. Led by a French director seeking to know Peru more deeply and communicate those learnings with the world.
Proyecto Quipu
2017
In Peru, over 272,000 women and 21,000 men were forcibly sterilized by the government in the 1990s. Thousands have claimed that this happened yet so far they have been repeatedly silenced and denied justice. After almost 20 years, their voices can finally be heard through this interactive documentary, which connects a free telephone line in Peru with the project's website for anyone to listen to their courageous testimonies.
My first experience pushing the limits of the traditional documentary, what a great learning, in every way. A concept in the philosophy behind every shot and such a valuable project. I am honored to be part of and contribute to the photography.
The Last Shaman
2017
In a last-ditch, desperate effort to avoid suicide, a depressed young man travels to the Peruvian Amazon rainforest to join an ancient ritual involving hallucinogenic plants.
Meeting Raz Degan in the context of filming in a wild way in the jungle on various trips and in different years, it was that, it was wild. Creativity and cultural experiences, references, stamina times and crazy performance. All incredibly and beautifully bizarre. The good the bad, down to the community Shipibos production assistants. How amazing my Peru...
BIO
I'm a Director of Photography for documentary films, Producer, and Cultural Producer from Lima, Peru. I've been trained from a community angle in all departments of Peru, traveling as a cameraman for 11 years and discovering new locations. Peru is truly incredible. My work has participated in Festivals such as HotDocs IDFA, Are Electronica among others, and has been distributed on platforms such as Netflix, The Guardian, Tv Arte, and PBS.
I specialize as a social and environmental communicator for positive, sustainable development with more than a decade of experience working on the ground with communities co-creating audiovisual projects.
