2012 Sony World Photography Awards - Winner, Enhanced, Open competition
Victor Vargas Villafuerte (b.1980 Mexico City) studied actuarial sciences at the UNAM, with specialty in finances. After working for 5 years in actuarial related jobs he decides to change to photography.
In 2005 he starts to study photography and cinema at the workshops in the Casa del Lago in Mexico City. He moves to Montreal in 2008 where he studied Photography at Dawson College. With his documentary “Paal” he won many prizes in film festivals around the world and was nominated to the Mexican Academy Award in 2013. His still photography has been recognized worldwide. Currently he works as a freelance photographer and director.