Diego
Levy

Diego Levy

biographY

Diego Levy is an Argentinian photographer, born in 1973, he is based in Buenos Aires. Professional photographer since 1991, he lives and works in Buenos Aires.  From 1996 to 2000, he worked for Clarin, the most famous daily newspaper in Argentina. In 2001, he won the first prize of the Concurso Nuevo Periodismo of the Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano, presided by Gabriel Garcia Marquez for his work on street violence in Buenos Aires.  In 2003, he was a finalist for the annual contest of the international Fund for Documentary Photography, awarded for social stories by the Fifty Crows Organization, based in San Francisco, California. Between 2003 and 2004, he was the picture editor of the TXT magazine.

Series

Car crashes in Buenos Aires, 2007

Series | Diego Levy daily captures car accidents in Buenos Aires.

Sangre, urban violence in Latina America , 2006 (content that may offend the public)

Series | This work proposes a journey along the most violent streets of the continent. Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Medellon and Mexico City. Cities that are in constant, seemingly eternal warfare, where life would seem to lack value.

Car crashes in Buenos Aires, 2007

Series | Diego Levy daily captures car accidents in Buenos Aires.

Sangre, urban violence in Latina America , 2006 (content that may offend the public)

Series | This work proposes a journey along the most violent streets of the continent. Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Medellon and Mexico City. Cities that are in constant, seemingly eternal warfare, where life would seem to lack value.

Car crashes in Buenos Aires, 2007

Series | Diego Levy daily captures car accidents in Buenos Aires.

Sangre, urban violence in Latina America , 2006 (content that may offend the public)

Series | This work proposes a journey along the most violent streets of the continent. Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Medellon and Mexico City. Cities that are in constant, seemingly eternal warfare, where life would seem to lack value.

Books

Shokes

Centro de la imagen - 2010

Sangre

Retina-2006

Shokes

Centro de la imagen - 2010

Sangre

Retina-2006

Shokes

Centro de la imagen - 2010

Sangre

Retina-2006

awards

1st Prize of the Concurso Nuevo Periodismo awarded by the Fundacion Nuevo Periodismo Iberoamericano (Colombia)

For the project “Sangre, urban violence in Latina America”

2001