Raúl Belinchón (Valencia, 1975) International photographer awarded with the World Press Photo and Fuji Euro Press Photo Awards, among others, has maintained throughout his already extensive and recognized career the condition of photography as a means to represent another reality.
Twenty-three years after his beginnings, Belinchón continues to situate photography somewhere in the
somewhere in between the world of documentary, photoreportage and art.He holds a degree in Art History from the University of Valencia and currently works as a freelance photographer.
He has been awarded several international prizes, including the World Press Photo or the Fuji Euro Press Photo Awards. He has also been nominated for the Prix Pictet in London and the Joop Swart Masterclass at the World Press Photo in Amsterdam.
He has received several scholarships such as the Spanish Ministry of Culture's Plastic Arts Scholarship at the Colegio de España in Paris (France), the Benetton Photography Scholarship in Treviso (Italy), the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Scholarship at the Spanish Academy in Rome (Italy), the Casa Velázquez Scholarship in Madrid (Spain) or the CAM (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo) Plastic Arts Scholarship.
His work has been exhibited at the Miró Foundation in Barcelona, the National Museum of the Republic of Brasilia, the Museum of Rome in Trastevere, the Palazzo Venezia and in the Valparaiso Interventions project, curated by the A (Sociedad Estatal para La Acción Cultural Exterior).
