Manuel Bayo Gisbert (Directing)

(Taken from Manuel Bayo Gisbert's website) b. 1997, Mexico City. I am a Mexican photographer and filmmaker. My work exists between journalism and art; it focuses on my relationship with the history of my homeland. I am currently expanding and completing chapters of my extensive project Monument, on enforced disappearance, state terrorism and the history of violence in Mexico; it includes sections of both still and moving images. In 2025, the American Society of Magazine Editors named me a finalist for a National Magazine Award in the category of Best Overall Photography for my op-ed Looking for the Missing People of Mexico (New York Times, 2024). I was a nominee of the World Press Photo’s 2025 Joop Swart Masterclass. In September 2024, I exhibited Monument in my first solo show, with the venue being the Rayburn House Office Building of the United States Congress, in Washington D.C. It was organized and funded by Amnesty International,...Read More