My name is Charlie Cordero. I am a 33-year-old documentary photographer based in the Colombian Caribbean. I am a part of the Reojo Colectivo. Social justice, Climate change, and Caribbean traditions are the recurring themes in my work. I divide my work between personal projects, NGO work, university teaching, and international media assignments. I have worked with The New York Times, The Guardian, Geo, Washington Post, LFI, Politiken, Al Jazera, NZZ, El Pais, Vogue and Vanity Fair. In 2020, I was a fellow by the Gabriel García Márquez Foundation, and in 2021 by National Geographic. I have participated in group exhibition: Without Borders by the French alliance in Madrid on PhotoEspaña(2015), Coca-La Guerra Perdida by the Image Center in Mexico (2021) and Inside the Curve by National Geographic (2022). Currently, I am working in my region on a long-term project on one of the largest communities of Huntington's disease patients in the world.
Winner second place POY LATAM 2017 category migrations and trafficking in persons.
National Journalism Prize Winner Semana-Argos, category best photo report (2016) - Colombia
National Journalism Prize Winner Rodrigo Lara Laborde, Universidad Sergio Arboleda Category Multimedia (2016) - Colombia
Winner of the contest and exhibitor in Human World “La Tribu” en el festival de PHOTOALICANTE (2016) - Alicante, Spain.
Winner of the Contest “Madrid Insospechado, escenas latinoamericanas en Madrid”. (2015) - Madrid, Spain.
Winner and participant of the exhibition Madrid 24H, In the Gallery Centro Centro Cibeles. PHOTOESPAÑA (2015) - Madrid, Spain.
Finalist and participant of the collective exhibition "Sin Fronteras" Alianza Francesa Madrid PHOTOESPAÑA (2015) – Madrid, Spain.
Finalist and participant of the collective exhibition in Festival Internacional de la Imagen FNI (2015) - Pachuca, México.