Yael Martínez

Yael Esteban Martínez Velázquez is a Mexican photographer, based in Guerrero. He is a freelance photographer that photographs for Magnum Photos. In 2019 he won the W. Eugene Smith Grant from the W. Eugene [Smith Memorial Fund]. His photographs capture a feeling of emptiness and pain suffered by those affected by crime in their region.

Awards

2016: Magnum Foundation, Emergency Fund grant
2019 2nd Prize, Long-Term Projects, Stories, World [Press Photo], for The House That Bleeds
2019: W. Eugene Smith Grant, W. Eugene Smith [Memorial Fund], a prize of $40,000