BIOGRAPHY & STATEMENT
Federico Quintana (b. 1966) is a freelance photojournalist in collaboration with SIPA PRESS. In 1996 he graduated from Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with specialization in photojournalism at Arizona State University.
At the start of his career Federico Quintana contributed as a photographer and cameraperson to documentaries on Orcas in Patagonia, Argentina. This work was widely published and included in documentaries amongst which BBC Wildlife Magazine, Animan magazine in Switzerland, Terra Magazine in Brazil, Lugares in Argentina and National Geographic Television. He continued his career with documentary work for Sipa Press/Image in Central America, specifically the crisis in Chiapas (Mexico), Bolivia and its mining conditions, and China’s rural areas.
Since February 21, 2022 he reported from different regions and conflict zones in Ukraine for an accumulated two years of coverage, divided over several trips. During these extended stays, Federico worked on exclusive stories. His work has been published in El Pais and other media. Federico is continuing his work on Ukraine including longterm projects on psychiatry, wounded civilians, palliative soldiers and the lost young generation.
