Arturo Velázquez Hernández (1990) is a former clinical-community psychologist born in Mexico City, currently based in Quintana Roo, Mexico. He intends to contribute to the understanding of the mental functioning of the human being under stressful situations by portraying from a mental-health-oriented perspective, frequently conjugating symbolism, archive, and segments of psychological projective tests along candid and studio photographs.

 

Besides developing personal projects, Arturo has found himself portraying communities affected by natural phenomena, and different urban contexts, mainly in Mexico.

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Publications, exhibitions, press, achievements:

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• (2022) Wordt Vervolgd (Netherlands).

• (2021) Selected for Diversify Photo's Up Next Photographers List.

• (2020) PHMUSEUM Editor's Top Projects of 2020.

• (2020) Cuartoscuro (Mexico).

• (2020) Sony World Photography Awards 2020 Virtual Exhibition.

• (2020) Shortlisted for the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards - Latin America Professional Award.

• (2020) Group exhibition "Us, not me" at Fuga (Barcelona, Spain) organized by VII Photo Agency.

• (2019) Selected to participate in Portfolio review with Yael Martinez at the Art Gallery of Puebla's City Hall (2019)

• (2019) Selected to participate in VII Photo Agency Masterclass in Barcelona, Spain.

• (2017) Suicide and depression surround medical students in Mexico: Excelsior newspaper.

• (2017) Suicide and depression in students and residents of medicine in Mexico: Vice Mexico.

• (2016) Collaboration with independent interactive documentary "Vidas de Vidrio".

• (2016) An afternoon with a hash producer: Vice Mexico​.

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Education:

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• VII Photo Agency Masterclass in Barcelona, Spain (2019 - 2020).

• Portfolio review with Yael Martinez at the Art Gallery of Puebla's City Hall (2019). 

• Applied Brief Systemic Therapy Diploma - Personal & Family Growth Center/Milton H. Erickson Institute of Monterrey (2019).

• Diploma in Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention in Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive Spectrum Disorders and Trauma Disorders - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2016 - 2018).

• Photographic Narratives Workshop - Fotowax (2017).

• Representation of the Mental Condition in the Visual Experimentation Workshop - Gimnasio de Arte (2017).

• Human Rights training - Attorney General's Office (2017).

• Diploma "Towards Visual Authorship" - Fundación Pedro Meyer (2015 - 2016).

• Journalism and Documentary Photography Course - Escuela Activa de Fotografía (2015).

• Digital Photography Course - Escuela Activa de Fotografía (2015).

• Psychological First Aid Course - Asociación Mexicana de Psicotraumatología (2015).

• B.A. in Psychology - Universidad Iberoamericana (2015).