Since its foundation in 2002 San Camilo Hospice has become a point of reference for hospice care in Argentina, assisting more than 2000 people with life expectancy less than six months, and accompanying relatives and friends without discrimination. Inspired in the spirit of Mother Teresa, pays special attention for those who lack economic resources or with no family support. Services are free and is sustained by donations and free work of 200 volunteers.
In a culture where we turn our backs on death, seen as a defeat to medical system and where euthanasia appears as a possible solution, San Camilo propose a society in which no one should live the end of life in abandonment and without comprehensive human care.
I took contact with the hospice in March 2019, aiming to record and share testimonies of people in their last stage of life. A few months later I started volunteering.
Author biography
Photographer and graphic designer from Argentina. He studied design at the university of Buenos Aires, where he also taught for 10 years. His journey in photography began at the university and continued at the National Photography School, where he completed his formal studies.
Since 2021, he has exhibited his work internationally at festivals and biennales and his work has also earned nominations for awards and grants.
AWARDS, GRANTS & NOMINATIONS
• World Photo Org, Sony World Photo Awards.
• POY Latam, Premio Janssen, Latin America.
• Felix Schoeller Photo Award.
• World Report Award, Documenting Humanity,
• Indian Photo Fest.
• Phodar Biennial, Sofia.
• Angkor Photo Fest.
• Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
• Hoepfner Stiftung.
• International Photographic Salon of Japan.
• Innsbrucker Preis für Dokumentarfotografie.
• Fundación Esperanza Pertusa, PhotoESPAÑA.
• Basque Dok Festival, Premio BBK.