Rubén 's comprehensive history of grants, awards, and exhibitions, showcasing a career dedicated to impactful storytelling and artistic excellence.

Grants, Awards & Exhibitions Archive

Grants

• 2020: COVID-19 Emergency Grant for Journalists (National Geographic Society, Storytelling)
• 2020: The Photo Society / Sony Grant (Storytelling)
• 2019: National Geographic Explorer’s Grant (Storytelling)

Awards

Full Awards List:

• 2023: Winner – Art / Act Award (David Brower Center)
• 2023: Honorable Mention – Felix Schoeller Photography Award
• 2022: Winner 1st Place – Rencontres Photos des Amis (Musée Albert-Kahn)
• 2021: Winner 1st Place – European Magazine Award (Photography Category with Chrismon Magazine)
• 2021: Shortlist – Photo Marseille (Prix Maison Blanche)
• 2021: Shortlist – World Water Photo Contest (Theme Category)
• 2021: Shortlist – Cortona on the Move New Visions (‘We are Humans’)
• 2020: Finalist – Arnold Newman Prize (New Directions in Photographic Portraiture)
• 2019: Winner 3rd Place – POY Latam (Portraits Category)
• 2019: Nominee – Prix Pictet (Hope)
• 2019: Winner 3rd Place – International Photography Grant (Portraits Category)
• 2019: Honorable Mention – LensCulture Storytelling Awards
• 2019: Honorable Mention – PH Museum Mobile Photography Awards
• 2018: Winner 1st Place – Royal Geographical Society London (Earth Photo Awards)
• 2017: Honorable Mention – CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year
• 2016: Winner 3rd Place – Sony World Photography Award (Portraits Category)
• 2016: Honorable Mention – NANNEN PREIS
• 2016: Honorable Mention – CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year
• 2015: Winner 1st Place – Sony World Photography Award (Portraits Category)
• 2015: Winner 1st Place – FCCT-Lightrocket Asia-Pacific Photojournalism Award (Environment Category)
• 2015: Winner 3rd Place – POY Latam (Portraits Category)
• 2015: Honorable Mention – IPA Portrait Category
• 2015: Honorable Mention – IPA Environmental Category
• 2015: Honorable Mention – LensCulture Portrait Awards
• 2015: Honorable Mention – Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards

Solo Exhibitions

Full Solo Exhibitions List:

• 2024: Xposure (Sharjah, UAE)
• 2023: Climate Week (Javits Center, NYC, USA)
• 2023: Brower Center (Berkeley, California, USA)
• 2023: Imaginata (Jena, Germany)
• 2022: Museon (The Hague, Netherlands)
• 2022: European Union Commission (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2022: Casa Seat (Barcelona, Spain)
• 2022: Funke Gallery (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2021: BFWP Charity Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland)
• 2021: St. Bartholomäus (Großlöbichau, Germany)
• 2019: Royal Geographic Society (Cumbria, UK – Earth Photo)
• 2018: Casa de la Cultura Arrecife (Lanzarote, Spain)
• 2018: Instituto Cervantes (Tokyo, Japan)
• 2017: Instituto Cervantes (Belgrade, Serbia)
• 2017: Brassage Photographique (Brussels, Belgium)
• 2016: Sony Gallery (Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Japan)
• 2016: Tanto Tempo Gallery (Kobe, Japan)

Group Exhibitions

Full Group Exhibitions List:

• 2024: Calamuchita Festival (Cordoba, Argentina)
• 2023: Photoclimat Festival (Paris, France)
• 2022: Musée Albert Kahn (Paris, France – Rencontres Photos des Amis Albert Kahn)
• 2022: Festival du Regard (Cergy, France – Bonjour La Nuit!)
• 2021: Galerie Huit Arles (France – British Journal of Photography Open Walls)
• 2020: Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA, USA – Arnold Newman Prize Awards)
• 2020: Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong, China – The Other Hundred Healers)
• 2019: Bridgeport Art Center (Chicago, USA – ‘Some People’ (Every)Body)
• 2019: Kingston City Hall (Ontario, Canada – National Geographic: Climate Change is Here)
• 2018: Vessel Gallery (San Francisco, USA – Utopia)
• 2018: PhotoVille (New York City, USA – Blue Earth Society)
• 2018: Maison de la Radio (Paris, France – Dysturb)
• 2017: Foyer dell' Auditorium Parco della Musica (Rome, Italy – National Geographic: Il Planeta Fragile)
• 2017: Maciel Foto Documental (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 2016: Rencontres d’Arles Festival (France – Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation)
• 2016: Museo de Roma (Rome, Italy – National Geographic: Sorella Terra)
• 2016: Royal Geographic Society (London, UK – Environmental Photographer of the Year)
• 2016: Daegu Photo Biennale (Daegu, Korea)
• 2016: Spazio Tadini (Milan, Italy – Sony WPA Awards)
• 2016: Willy-Brandt Haus (Berlin, Germany – Sony WPA Awards)
• 2016: U Space (Beijing, China – Sony WPA Awards)
• 2016: Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap, Cambodia – Screening: Solar Portraits Myanmar)
• 2015: Guatephoto (Antigua, Guatemala – National Geographic)
• 2015: Mt. Rokko International Photo Festival (Kobe, Japan)
• 2015: Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• 2015: Foreign Correspondents Club (Bangkok, Thailand)
• 2015: Pingyao: Pip Festival (Pingyao, China)
• 2015: Lishui Photo Festival (Lishui, China)
• 2015: Catania (Catania, Italy – National Geographic)
• 2015: Auckland Photo Festival (Auckland, New Zealand – Screening: Solar Portraits Myanmar)
• 2014: Angkor Photo Festival (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
• 2012: Hackney Wicked Arts Festival (London, UK)
• 2011: Lola Montez Kunstverein (Frankfurt, Germany)