Armando Vega is a Mexican documentary photographer and National Geographic Explorer.

His work focuses on the relationship between indigenous people and their territory, as well as more general themes of the environment, climate change, and migration. Recently, he has been heavily involved in scientific expeditions and environmental conservation projects.

In 2017 he documented one of Peru's largest Andean pilgrimages, earning him an Early Career grant from National Geographic. He has photographed everything from remote communities in the Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico to paleontological expeditions searching for dinosaur fossils in the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. In July 2019, he was selected to photograph the total solar eclipse in Chile from a National Geographic plane.

Vega’s work has been exhibited in Australia, Germany, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Italy, and Mexico. In addition, he has worked and/or published with National Geographic, ICRC, Disney, Foreign Policy, The Nation, and Gatopardo.

Vega’s photographs have been featured on the covers of two Spanish-language issues of National Geographic Magazine.

Photo by Laura Babahekian

Revista National Geographic en español 03.2023

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