Areas of work

The Academy - Project by Ana Palacios Visual Journalist

environment

Wild love - Exhibit by Ana Palacios Visual Journalist

animal rights

35 hours - Exhibit by Ana Palacios Visual Journalist

human rights

The skin of Africa - Project by Ana Palacios Visual Journalist

health

Ana Palacios Visual Journalist

Bio

Ana Palacios is a visual journalist focused on human rights, environment and animal right issues.

She is a 2026 Vital Impacts Fellow and has been a mentor at the Canon Europe Student Programme since 2023, delivering lectures on humanitarian photography at educational institutions.

Ana has received prestigious grants, such as the Emergency Fund for Journalists from the National Geographic Society and the SOS Culture grant from VEGAP.

Her work is regularly published in major international media, including National Geographic, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, CNN, El País Semanal, Die Zeit, 6 Mois, and Geo Germany.

She has held solo exhibitions at venues such as Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid, Spain), the French Alliance (Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania), and Casa delle Donne (Rome, Italy).

She is also a faculty member of the PHotoESPAÑA Master program and the Agencia EFE Master.

Proud member of Women Photograph, We Animals Media, Photographic Social Vision and Cómo Ser Fotógrafa.

Explore her books, exhibitions, awards, news, and talks by clicking below.

Statement

As a freelance visual journalist, Ana develops long-term projects documenting in-depth social issues related to human rights, environment, and animal rights with a “solutions journalism” approach, searching for a positive social impact.

Her mission is to spread the word, that’s why…

Her work has been awarded, exhibited and published worldwide.

She is a public speaker at universities, photography festivals and other educational centers in order to instruct, educate and inspire topics regarding Human Rights.

She is also a member of national and international photo contest juries.

Her work belongs to public and private collections such as the Masaveu Foundation, DKV Seguros or the Lucie Foundation.

Proud member of Women Photograph and Photographic Social Vision, she has published three books and has directed a documentary on child slavery available on Filmin.

Ana Palacios Visual Journalist