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.