About us – Anamaria Chediak

Anamaria’s lens effortlessly crosses borders. Capturing the essence of cultures and wildlife around the world has been the driving force behind her photography.

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Quito, Ecuador, Anamaria Chediak studied in Boston and mastered photography in Madrid which cemented her passion for sharing her vision of the world through visual stories since 1993. She is driven by an insatiable curiosity born from her early explorations of the Andes, the Amazon and the Galapagos Islands.

During her life, traveling across seven continents, Anamaria have had the privilege of witnessing the most amazing wild places and the unique creatures that inhabit them. While immerse in exploring the wonders of nature, she document these experiences through her lens with the hope that her images will touch deep inside and commit the viewer into protecting the stunning planet we are so lucky to live in.

Anamaria has published five books on her own “GALÁPAGOS Life & Evolution” with a foreword by Philippe Cousteau; “AFRICA” with a preface by Yolanda Kakabadse, President WWF International, “BLOOM”; “ETHOS”; “EL ESCONDRIJO DEL TORO”. Her work has been published in 5 international books. She collaborated with Ashlan and Philippe Cousteau in the book “OCEAN FOR DUMMIES” (2021), and her work about the Arctic was featured in the book “PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE VISUAL CULTURE” (2022) in Italy. Her series “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves” was selected to be part of the book “PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE VISUAL CULTURE” together with eighty photographers worldwide (2023) in Italy. Venice Arquitecture Biennale 2023 “TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE” selected Anamaria’s work as one of the 12 photographers to be published as part of a limited edition photobook “OUT SIDE IN” Exploring the boundaries of spatiality through photography, launched at the closing event of the biennial, (2023) in Venice, Italy. Her work, “The Spirit of Cuyabeno”, was published in the book “THE WORLD OF PHOTOGRAPHY”, An Introduction to the Expansive Realm of Photography (2023) in Barcelona.

Chediak’s work has been exhibited in Ecuador, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain, and Italy. Some of the most important exhibitions include: Venice Art Biennial 2024 “PERSONAL STRUCTURES”, Venice 2024; ZONAMACO 2024, ArtFair, Mexico; Venice Arquitecture Biennial 2023 “TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE”,Venice 2023; “Photography in the Visual Culture”, Palermo 2023; Espace Vision`Art, Paris 2023 -2024; “7th Biennal of Fine Art & Documentary Photography and the 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale”, Barcelona 2022, “Memories through the liquid desert waves”, Quito 2022; “Shapes of Living/Living Earth”,Torino 2021-2022); “Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition”, London 2019; Caminos de Hierro, traveling exhibition through 13 cities in Spain 2018 –2020; “GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution”, Quito, 2018; “Une vision graphique feminine”, Nimes 2014; “Africa”, Quito 2010; “Cuento Ecuatoriano”, Madrid 2003; “Desnudando el Alma”,Quito & Guayaquil 2000; “Woman’s Eye”, FLACSO, Quito 1996.

Anamaria has received several International Awards, among them: Interior Architecture Photography Award Best of the Best 2023; IPA Awards 2023; PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Gold & Bronce 2022; Lensculture Art Photography Award 2022; Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Woman Photographers H.M 2022; IPA Awards Jury Top Five & 2do Place 2022; LICC London International Creative Competition Award 2021; Woman of the Year in Visual Arts 2020; Lensculture Journey Award 2020; Sony World Photography Award 2019; Caminos de Hierro 2018; Photographer of the Year 2014 Enrique Ponce Award.

“ Only when lost in the wilds of the natural world do I truly connect with a primeval force, find the real meaning of freedom and the true purpose of my existence.”

As the environmental crisis has grown, she has found herself employing her photography as a tool for raising awareness. Her exaltation of the natural world has increasingly become a cry for awareness and for change. “Time is running out. We are living an environmental crisis with unprecedented changes. I aim my photography to be a reminder of the responsibility we all have in working together as a whole, to protect vulnerable wildlife from extinction, restore threatened ecosystems and preserve communities with their unique and diverse traditions as a cultural legacy.” – Anamaria Chediak

EXHIBITIONS

Anamaria has participated in individual and collective exhibitions in Ecuador, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Spain and Italy.
Some of the most important of these include:

Espace Vision’Art
Art Gallery
París, France (2025)

Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition 2019
Somerset House
London, United Kingdom (2019)

Venice Art Biennial 2024 “PERSONAL STRUCTURES Beyond Boundaries”
Palazzo Mora
Venice, Italy (Apr – Nov 2024)

Caminos de Hierro
Traveling exhibition through 13 cities in Spain
Spain (Sep 2018 – Jan 2020)

ZONA MACO México Arte Contemporáneo 2024
ArtFair
México DF, México (Feb 2024)

GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Solo exhibition with Video Mapping
Quito, Ecuador (2018)

Venice Arquitecture Biennial 2023 “TIME, SPACE, EXISTENCE”,
Palazzo Mora
Venice, Italy (May – Nov 2023)

Une vision graphique feminine
À l’Espace Culturel Pablo Romero
Nimes, France (2014)

Photography in the Visual Culture
Centro Internazionale di Fotografia
Palermo, Italia (2023)

Africa
Centro Cultural Metropolitano
Quito, Ecuador (2010)

Espace Vision’Art
Art Gallery
Paris, France ( Oct 2023 – Oct 2024)

Cuento Ecuatoriano
Canal de Isabel II
Madrid, Spain (2003)

7th Biennal of Fine Art & Documentary Photography
and the 3rd Barcelona Foto Biennale
FOTONOSTRUM Gallery
Barcelona, España (2022)

Desnudando el Alma
Museo de la Ciudad
Quito and Guayaquil (2000)

Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
N24 Galería
Quito, Ecuador (2022)

Woman’s Eye
FLACSO
Quito (1996)

Shapes of Living/Living Earth
Art Site Fest 2021, Closeness Prossimitá
Torino, Italy (2021– 2022)