Having grown up in one of the planet’s most biodiverse and culturally-diverse nations, Anamaria has cultivated an intense interest in both the natural world — and wildlife in particular — as well as for identity and cultural manifestations, keen to celebrate the power of diversity in our increasingly homogenous world.

She is driven by an insatiable curiosity, born from her early explorations of the Andes, the Amazon, and the Galapagos Islands, and by an indomitable passion for understanding, then sharing what she has captured with a wider audience. Her portrayal of the women she has met across the globe has also become an important part of her calling, forming an ongoing, empathetic project.

As the environmental crisis has grown, she has found herself employing photography more politically, as a tool for raising awareness. Whether as a mother of children learning about the world, a teacher of her craft, or an exhibitor of her work, her exaltation of the natural world has increasingly become a cry for awareness and for change. If her work can play a part in making us reflect on our responsibility to the planet more deeply, then she feels her efforts will have been worthwhile.

BOOKS PUBLISHED:

"GALAPAGOS Life & Evolution" with a foreword by Philippe Cousteau and Ashlan Gorse Cousteau. Nov 2018

" AFRICA " Transporting us to the savage surroundings of Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa to share moments of wildlife in its purest form and the intimacies of one of the ancient local tribes. Sep 2010

" BLOOM " A delightful photographic collection that captures the intense colors, the diverse textures, and exotic shapes of the finest flowers grown in the Middle of the World. Sep 2008

" ETHOS " A Black and White collection of portraits.
Nov 2003

" EL ESCONDRIJO DEL TORO "
A photographic journey in the wonderful landscapes of the Andes mountains. Nov 1998