About
Carlo Echegoyen
Media journalist.
(I am not a person, I am a bicycle.)
Born in CDMX, he currently collaborates with Agence France-Presse and Ruptly news agencies as video STR in Mexico.
His photographic and video work has been published in various national and international media such as Associated Press, Dagens Nyheter, NYT, Deutsche Welle, Revista Proceso, Animal Politico, among others.
Focused on human rights and the environment, he has visited various states of the Mexican Republic with a main focus on migration, security and natural resources.
In 2021 and 2022 his work as a camera and drone operator has been nominated and awarded at different festivals such as the INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS INDIE FILM FEST, MIC GÉNERO among others for his participation in various documentaries.
The skills that best enhance his photographic gaze are the handling of Drones and camera stabilization systems in extreme conditions such as kayaks, canyons, follow-up flights to moving subjects, violent social protests or armed movements. He has collaborated with different production companies and film crews.
Of self-management training, he has participated in several courses of audiovisual production and direct sound.
Proud father of María and always with a camera on his shoulder, he travels daily through the surreal Mexico City aboard his bicycle to find the stories that tell the current situation of the country and Mexican society. .
