Photo: Alejandro Sánchez Mociños

Cristopher Rogel Blanquet (born 1984) is a Mexican photographer whose work primarily focuses on human rights issues. With a background in journalism, he has developed a documentary approach that transcends genres and extends into cinema and commercial photography, where his visual sensitivity continues to guide each project.

He is currently a photography professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Teaching not only allows him to share his experience with new generations but also offers a space to be inspired by the fresh perspectives and contemporary discourses emerging in the classroom.

For him, photography is not only a powerful tool for storytelling, but also a window to communicate what he sees through the eyes of others. His work seeks to build bridges between different realities while reflecting his own way of understanding the world.

Awards and Recognitions

First Place, Picture of the Year Latam, 2025
First Place, Istanbul Photo Awards, 2025
Official Selection, PhotoVogue 2025
Finalist, Photobook Award, Lucie Foundation, 2025
Finalist, Sony Photo Awards, 2025
Finalist, Sony Future Filmmaker Award, 2025
FINI 2025
Portfolio Review, The New York Times, 2025
Collaboration: Ukraine: A War Crime, Book of the Year, Picture of the Year, 2024
Collaboration: Ukraine: A War Crime, Finalist, Photobook Award, Lucie Foundation, 2024
World Press Photo, 2023
Award of Excellence, Picture of the Year, 2023
Visa d’Or Nominee, Visa Pour l’Image Festival, 2023
UNICEF Photographer of the Year Nominee, 2023
First Place, Cuartoscuro Awards, 2022
Gold Winner, Tokyo Photo Awards, 2022
Second Place, International Photo Awards, 2021
Member, National System of Art Creators, Mexican Ministry of Culture, 2021
Eugene Smith Grant, 2021
Young Creators Grant, National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Mexico, 2016
Collaboration in the multimedia project Desaparecidos, Ortega y Gasset Award, 2016
First Place, International Photography Contest “Work and Days,” National Labor School of Colombia, 2015