Carlos Saavedra is a Colombian photographer born in 1987. He studied photography at Lasalle College in Bogotá and his projects have focused on the different stages of the human life, such as motherhood, birth, old age and death. His work has been exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, London, Washington, Mexico City and Dhaka.
He was selected for the Ian Parry Scholarship, the 2015 New York times Portfolio Review, the 2015 Eddie Adams Workshop and was a finalist for Photo of the Year for National Geographic in 2012. He recently won the 2017 Everyday Heroine Grant from Youmanity, and his winning photos will receive their own exhibition in London.