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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Caminos de Hierro, Spain
Concurso Edición 29
Photography: La chica del Tren

IPA International Photography Awards
2017 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie: Galápagos Wings
Categories: Nature, Wildlife

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

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

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

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

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

Africa
Centro Cultural Metropolitano
Quito, Ecuador (2010)

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

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

Woman’s Eye
FLACSO
Quito (1996)

AWARDS

2023

IPA International Photography Awards
DEEPER PERSPECTIVE 2023, Finalist
Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Category: Conservation

Architecture Masterprize 2023
Award: Best of the best
Category: Interior Architecture Photography –
Interior Details
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

2022


Lensculture

Art Photography Award, Finalist
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
GOLD Award
Professional Category: Arquitecture
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
BRONCE Award
Professional Category:
Arquitecture/Interior
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 JURY TOP FIVE
Category: Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Selected by Nan Oshin

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 SECOND PLACE PROFESSIONAL
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust
Selected by Nan Oshin

18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Woman Photographers
FINE ART PROFESSIONAL HONORABLE MENTION
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”
Professional Category

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Honorable Mention Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Fine Art Landscape

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Honorable Mention Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Architecture Interior

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Fine Art, Landscape
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Special, Travel / Wanderlust
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Architecture, Interior
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

2021

London International Creative Competition LICC
LICC 2021 Award: Finalist
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Category: Shoot (Photo-Video) – Professional
London, United Kingdom

2020

Women of the Year in Visual Arts
Revista Hogar
Guayaquil, Ecuador

LensCulture
Journey 2020, Finalist
Photography: Solitude

IPA International Photography Awards
2020 One Shot: Movement Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Movement
Category: Movement, Nature

2019

Sony World Photography Awards
London, UK
National Awards Ecuador, Winner

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Nature

The Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
Serie: The Silent Road
Categories: Open

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Light on Earth
Categories: Fine Art, Landscapes

The Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
Serie: Light Before the Storm
Categories: Open

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Traces of Time
Categories: Architecture, Historic

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Memories
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Light on Earth
Categories: Nature, Landscape

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Memories
Categories: People, Traditions / Culture

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Together even in silence
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Together even in silence
Categories: People, Traditions / Culture

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: In your eyes
Categories: People, Portrait

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Self Published

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: In your eyes
Categories: People, Other

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Other

2018

Caminos de Hierro, Spain
Concurso Edición 29
Photography: La chica del Tren

IPA International Photography Awards
2017 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie: Galápagos Wings
Categories: Nature, Wildlife

2017

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Man

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Where only ashes remain
Category: Earth

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: The Giants are melting
Category: Water

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Machine

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: The Giants are melting
Category: Earth

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Air

2016

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Air

IPA International Photography Awards
2016 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie:  Cultural Diversity Should be the world’s strength
Categories: People, Portrait

IPA International Photography Awards
2016 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie:  Flowers at Latitud Cero
Categories: Nature, Flowers

2014

Enrique Ponce Award
Photographer of the Year
Madrid – España

2023

IPA International Photography Awards
DEEPER PERSPECTIVE 2023, Finalist
Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Category: Conservation

Architecture Masterprize 2023
Award: Best of the best
Category: Interior Architecture Photography –
Interior Details
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

2022


Lensculture

Art Photography Award, Finalist
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
GOLD Award
Professional Category: Arquitecture
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
BRONCE Award
Professional Category:
Arquitecture/Interior
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 JURY TOP FIVE
Category: Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Selected by Nan Oshin

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 SECOND PLACE PROFESSIONAL
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust
Selected by Nan Oshin

18th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Woman Photographers
FINE ART PROFESSIONAL HONORABLE MENTION
Serie: “Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves”
Professional Category

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Honorable Mention Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Fine Art Landscape

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Honorable Mention Professional
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Categories: Architecture Interior

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Fine Art, Landscape
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Special, Travel / Wanderlust
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

IPA International Photography Awards
IPA 2022 Official Selection Professional
Category: Architecture, Interior
Serie: Memories Through the Liquid Desert Waves

2021

London International Creative Competition LICC
LICC 2021 Award: Finalist
Project: Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves
Category: Shoot (Photo-Video) – Professional
London, United Kingdom

2020

Women of the Year in Visual Arts
Revista Hogar
Guayaquil, Ecuador

LensCulture
Journey 2020, Finalist
Photography: Solitude

IPA International Photography Awards
2020 One Shot: Movement Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Movement
Category: Movement, Nature

2019

Sony World Photography Awards
London, UK
National Awards Ecuador, Winner

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Nature

The Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
Serie: The Silent Road
Categories: Open

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Light on Earth
Categories: Fine Art, Landscapes

The Epson International Pano Awards
Bronze Award
Serie: Light Before the Storm
Categories: Open

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Traces of Time
Categories: Architecture, Historic

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Memories
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Light on Earth
Categories: Nature, Landscape

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Memories
Categories: People, Traditions / Culture

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Together even in silence
Categories: Special, Travel / Wanderlust

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: Together even in silence
Categories: People, Traditions / Culture

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: In your eyes
Categories: People, Portrait

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Self Published

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: In your eyes
Categories: People, Other

IPA International Photography Awards
2019 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Title: GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution
Categories: Book, Other

2018

Caminos de Hierro, Spain
Concurso Edición 29
Photography: La chica del Tren

IPA International Photography Awards
2017 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie: Galápagos Wings
Categories: Nature, Wildlife

2017

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Man

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Where only ashes remain
Category: Earth

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: The Giants are melting
Category: Water

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Machine

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: The Giants are melting
Category: Earth

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Air

2016

IPA International Photography Awards
One-Shot: Climate Change Professional Honorable Mention
Photography: Thin air
Category: Air

IPA International Photography Awards
2016 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie:  Cultural Diversity Should be the world’s strength
Categories: People, Portrait

IPA International Photography Awards
2016 IPA Professional Honorable Mention
Serie:  Flowers at Latitud Cero
Categories: Nature, Flowers

2014

Enrique Ponce Award
Photographer of the Year
Madrid – España

Anamaria has also received several silver and bronze awards at the Epson International Pano Awards, thirty-two honorable mentions at the IPA International Photography Awards (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022) and was shortlisted in three CUPOTY Awards categories (2020).

MEDIA

A conversation about photography, nature and climate crisis with Anamaria Chediak

4 October 2023
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Memories through the Liquid Desert Waves

18 Junio de 2022
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La nueva muestra de Anamaria Chediak se expondrá en Quito, Venecia, Barcelona…

18 Junio de 2022
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Weekend Portfolio: Anamaria Chediak

7 April 2023
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O “deserto inclemente” invadiu o interior de uma casa “cheia de memórias”

21 Março 2023
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Anamaria Chediak explore la mémoire de lieux désormais abandonnés

18 Juin 2022
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