About Morfi Jiménez Mercado

Self-taught photographer with studies in advertising and film, graduated
from the Instituto Peruano de Publicidad – IPP (Peruvian Institute of Advertising) in 1996. For the last 20 years he has been devoted to photography, whereas portrait is the photographic gender where he performs best.

Awards and honours
"Sony Latam Awards 2021" Second Place with the series "Lo (ir)Real" (The (un)Real")
"Lens Culture Critic´s Choice 2020", with the series "Lo (ir)Real" (The (un)Real"), Amsterdam 2020
Second place at the “European Union Contest” in Peru, with the photowork “Mis padres” ("My parents") from the series "Lo (ir)real" (“The (un)Real”), Lima – 2020.
“Luces Award” for "Cerros de Lima" (“Lima Hills”) as the best photographic exhibition in 2019, Diario El Comercio de Lima, Lima – 2020.
Bronze Lion for advertising photography Cannes Lyons Festival, France – 2015.
Finalist of the "IV National Salon of Photography ICPNA", Lima - 2014
"Latin American Photography Award 2012", portrait category, Buenos Aires – 2012.
Finalist of the “III ICPNA National Photograph

Morfi Jiménez Mercado's Projects on LensCulture