PHotoFUNIBER’26 Jury
Alejandra Rajal
A Mexican photographer, editor, and freelance producer with eight years of experience, she is a member of Women Photograph, Diversify Photo, and Frontline Freelance Mexico. Through documentary projects, her work explores how belief systems, cultural practices, and political frameworks influence people’s relationship with their environment.
Her work has been published in international media outlets such as El País, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel, Gatopardo, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, National Geographic, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. She was nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass (2025) and selected for the New York Portfolio Review (2025). Among other accolades, she has received the Yunghi Kim Grant (2023), the Vital Impacts Mentorship Program (2023), the Fujifilm GFX Grant Challenge (2022), the Gabo Foundation and Open Society Foundations New Narratives on Drugs program (2020), and the National Geographic Society COVID-19 Emergency Fund for Journalists (2020).
Rajal has exhibited her work in various international venues and festivals, including the Angkor Photo Festival in Cambodia, the Centro de la Imagen Photography Biennial in Mexico, Fujifilm Square in Japan, the Lumix Festival in Germany, and the Paranapiacaba Photography Festival in Brazil. She has participated in training and specialization programs at institutions such as VII Academy, Missouri Photo Workshop, and the Eddie Adams Workshop, solidifying a documentary practice based on an ethical commitment to communities and a critical approach to contemporary photojournalism.
Federico Estol
Uruguayan photographer and visual activist. He is currently developing long-term projects that explore the relationship between cultural identity, inequality, and social justice. He is also the artistic director of the international festival SAN JOSÉ FOTO, a visiting professor at the Faculty of Arts of UNLP La Plata (Argentina), and a photobook editor at El Ministerio Ediciones (Uruguay). His work is represented by the East Wing Gallery (Qatar), and since 2025 he has been a Catchlight Global Fellow (USA).
Estol holds a degree in photography from UPC-Barcelona Tech University and a diploma in popular education from the Franciscan Multiversity of Latin America. His work has garnered accolades such as the KG+ Select Award at Kyotographie (Japan), the Emerging Artists Award at the Encontros da Imagem Festival (Portugal), the Marco Pesaresi Contemporary Photography Award (Italy), the FELIFA International Best Photobook Award (Argentina), the Critical Mass – Photolucida Award from the Oregon Center for Photography (USA), the Jury Award at the Lenzburg Festival (Switzerland), the Best Latin American Photobook Award from the Montevideo Center for Photography (Uruguay), and the Expert Award from the Lishui Museum of Photography (China).
His works are held in various private and public collections, including the IHEAL Latin American Institute at the Sorbonne University in France, the FOLA Latin American Photo Library in Argentina, the Lishui Museum of Photography in China, the Fondazione Orestiadi in Italy, the Museum of the Avant-Garde in Switzerland, and the National Museum of Photography in Norway.
Florence Goupil
A French-Peruvian documentary photographer based in Peru, she uses a multimedia approach to explore the intersection of ethnobotany, environmental and human rights, and the living memory of Indigenous communities.
She is a National Geographic Explorer and contributor, a Pulitzer Center Fellow, and a 2024-2025 Magnum Foundation Fellow. She has been awarded the PhMuseum Women Photographers Grant, the POY Latam Ibero-American Photographer of the Year Award, and the Nouvelles Écritures Award at the Photo La Gacilly Festival. She recently received the Sony Latin America World Photography Prize in 2025, followed by the FRESH EYES x Hungry Eye Award in 2026.
She also served as a jury for POY Latam in 2025 and for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition at the Natural History Museum in London in 2026.
Her photographic work has been exhibited at Les Rencontres d’Arles, the International Center of Photography (ICP), the Photoville Festival, and the Bronx Documentary Center in New York. It has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Polka Magazine, The British Journal of Photography, Fisheye, Atmos, and others. She has also co-directed short films such as Cumbia’s Day and Cuidantsiqmi, which received recognition at Shorts Mexico, the Felina Festival (Chile), and the Nancy International Film Festival (France) in 2023.
Instagram: @florence.goupil
