BIOGRAPHY
Maíra C. Gamarra is a curator, editor, researcher, and educator with an extensive trajectory in Latin American photography
She holds a degree in Social Communication and a master’s degree in Latin American Studies. With nearly 20 years of experience, she has developed a consistent practice at the intersection of curatorial research, critical writing, education, and artist development, advancing projects that challenge dominant visual narratives and foreground anticolonial and socially engaged perspectives.
Curatorial and research practice
Her work brings together research, curatorship, writing, and education through a careful engagement with the disputes over representation in the field of culture. Across exhibitions, public programs, mentorships, editorial projects, and critical reflection, she has consolidated a practice marked by intellectual rigor and curatorial sensitivity, attentive both to images and to the contexts in which they circulate, as well as to the readings they produce.
Throughout this trajectory, she has contributed to expanding the presence of historically underrepresented voices and to affirming image-making as a political, cultural, and pedagogical field, shaped by questions of memory, representation, power, and visibility.
Mira Latina
As the founder of Mira Latina, an organization dedicated to connecting and strengthening image-makers across Latin America, Maíra has played a central role in promoting dialogue, exchange, and long-term support for both emerging professionals and established names.
Through this work, she cultivates transnational networks and contributes to reshaping the way Latin American photographic practices are seen, discussed, and valued, both within the region and internationally.
Collaborations and public engagements
Throughout her career, Maíra C. Gamarra has served as a reviewer, juror, and portfolio reviewer for various awards, festivals, and platforms dedicated to photography.
Among her collaborations in the national and international circuit, highlights include her role as regional juror for World Press Photo in South America, juror for the CatchLight Global Fellowship and POY Latam, as well as her participation as a speaker in major platforms and festivals such as the Festival of Arles, PHotoESPAÑA, San José Foto, Foto Festival Solar, and the Tiradentes Photography Festival.
She is also a member of the POY Latam Advisory Board and of the Network of Cultural Producers of Photography in Brazil, underscoring her active presence in the construction of critical debates and in the strengthening of professional ecosystems in the field.
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