Manuel Bayo Gisbert (Directing)

(Taken from Manuel Bayo Gisbert's website) b. 1997, Mexico City. I am a Mexican visual anthropologist. 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 A Solid Home, 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). Currently, I am a nominee for World Press Photo’s Joop Swart Masterclass. In September 2024, I exhibited A Solid Home 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...Read More