About — Fred Ramos

I am a Salvadoran photographer based in Mexico City. I became a photojournalist in 2012, driven by my desire to document the violence, social abandonment and migration that surrounded me. From 2013-2010, I worked as a staff photographer for the online newspaper El Faro, one of the most important investigative news outlets in Latin America. In 2014, I won first prize in the World Press Photo’s “Daily Life” category for my coverage of the thousands of disappeared people in El Salvador. Since moving to Mexico City in 2020, I have covered migration, politics and environmental conflict, among a myriad of topics. I have worked across the Americas, from Ecuador to the U.S., while continuing to regularly visit El Salvador to document the ongoing impact of President Nayib Bukele’s war on gangs.

Awards and Recognitions
(2014) First place, World Press Photo, Daily Life category
(2014) Finalist in the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Awards
(2015) First place in the POY Latam portrait category
(2018) Selected by Time magazine among the 100 best photos of the year
(2020) Third Place in the PhMuseum contemporary photography award
(2020) Fellow of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Foundation
(2020) Finalist of the Alexia Grant competition
(2020) Magnum Foundation Fellow
(2022) Finalist in the Gabriel Garcia Marquez Awards

Exhibitions

(2014) Getxophoto in Basque Country
(2014) Solo exhibition of my personal project, The Last Outfit of the Missing, in El Centro Cultural de España in El Salvador
(2016) Mirar Distinto photofestival, Veracruz, México
(2019) 2nd Annual Latin American Foto Festival, Bronx Documentary Center, New York City

Mexico

(+503) 7203 9174

contact@fred-ramos.com

@ramos_fred

Selected Clients
The New York Times
The New Yorker
The Washington Post
Bloomberg
The Wall Street Journal
The Economist