Carlos Villalon

Creative Photographer with record of accomplishment in producing attractive and technically strong imagery. Customizes approaches based on project or client requirements, medium and planned use. Expert in composition and editing.

• CNN international, USA, Produced news segments in Colombia and Mexico, 2010
• Univision News, USA, Produced news segments in Mexico and Guatemala, 2011
• SBS DATELINE, Australia, Associate producer, immigration in the Darien Gap, 2016
• CBS News, USA, Associate Producer, Darien Gap immigration, 2017
• PQ2P, Germany, Associate producer, Darien Gap, 2018
• PBS News hour, Darien Gap, associate producer, 2019
• Channel Four, Pablo Escobar Hippos, Associate producer, 2021
• Sky News, Darien Gap, Associate producer, 2022
• France 2, Darien Gap, associate producer, 2023
• CNN International, Darien Gap, Associate producer, 2023
• Radio Free Asia, Darien Gap, Associate producer, 2023

• Honorary mention, Chilean American cultural institute, photography contest, Santiago, Chile, 1987.
• Two people project show, Homeless people in New York and Santiago, Goethe institute, Santiago, Chile, 1993.
• Group show, Modern art museum, Santiago, Chile, 1994.
• Two people project, City of death, Varanasi, India and homeless people in New York, 4th Street Photo Gallery. New York, 1997.
• Honorary Mention POY international photography contest in 2005 for cover story on National Geographic magazine.
• Grant Pulitzer Center for Crisis reporting grant for paramilitaries and US firms coverage in Colombia, 2007.
• Lecture at George Washington University "Natural resources exploitation in DR Congo", Photojournalism class, 2007.
• Lecture at Columbia University "Conflict Resolution" class, New York, 2008.
• Second Prize general news World Press Photo contest, February 2010.
• Lecture at Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia, "Coca, a visual response to a failed war", Journalism faculty, 2012.
• Annenberg space for photography slides show event for the exhibition ¨No Strangers.¨, L.A., USA, 2013.
• Annenberg Space for photography slides show event for ¨National Geographic 125 years.¨, L.A. USA, 2014.
• Second place Sony Alpha photo contest Colombia, 2015.
• Lecture "Coca The Lost War", OjoRojo Fábrica Visual, Bogotá, Colombia, 2018.
• Lecture "Coca The Lost War", Chamber of Commerce, Bogotá, Colombia, 2018.
• Lecture "Coca The Lost War", Bronx Documentary Center, New York, USA, 2018.
• Grant National fund for the arts, Santiago, Chile, 2018.
• Lecture University of development, Santiago, Chile, 2019.
• Group show, Here and Now, current visions of Colombia, Amsterdam, 2019.
• Coca The Lost War, exhibition and book launching, OjoRojo Fábrica Visual, Bogota, Colombia, 2019.
• Group show, Global Commission on Drugs, Geneva, 2020.
• Group show, Limbo, Bogota, Colombia, CMPR, 2021.
• Group Show, OCDEN contemporary Arts and Shaw Gallery, Salt Lake City, 2021.
• Group show, Colombian interior ministry, Migrations in The Darien gap, 2023.
• Group show, Gabriel García Márquez cultural center. Darien gap migration, 2023.
• Group show, OjoRojo Fábrica Visual. Darien gap migration, 2023.

• B.A. in social communication and graphic design, VIPRO University, Santiago, Chile, 1986-1990
• Photography, The New School, New York City, 1991-1993

• National Public Radio
• NPRCalifornia Sunday Magazine
• L'internazionale
• GQ Magazine
• National Geographic Adventure
• Colors Magazine
• Men's Vogue
• Outside Magazine
• Virginia Quarterly Review
• National Geographic magazine
• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• Newsweek Magazine
• The L.A. Times
• The San Francisco Chronicle
• The Boston Globe
• CNN international
• National Geographic TV
• The Wall Street Journal
• Terra Mater magazine

Mr. Marcel Saba, director of Redux Pictures, (212) 253-0399

• Founded OjoRojo Visual Factory. A non profit dedicated to teach photojournalism, Bogota, Colombia, 2016.