Judge 2007

Sergio Urday

PHOTO EDITOR EL COMERCIO/PHOTO EDITOR ETIQUETA NEGRA MAGAZINE

He studied Architecture from 1987 to 1989. He left his career for photography and became part of the staff in this area for "Caretas" magazine in 1989. In 1992 he was awarded in Spain the "Premio Rey de España" for his work in journalistic photography. When he came back to Peru he developed his personal work and collaborated with "Somos " and "Cosas" magazines. In 1993 he entered to work in "Diario El Comercio" as photographer and two years later became its graphic editor, he remained as such until January 2003. In 1995 he started teaching journalistic photography at the "Instituto Gaudí, and in 1997 the Universidad de Lima until December 2001. He has made three solo exhibitions: In 1998 at the "Galería L’Imaginaire", Alianza Francesa de Miraflores, in 1999 at the Biennial of Photography of Sao Paulo and in 2002 Mesa Redonda, an exhibition that took place in a public space. He has participated in several group exhibitions, among them: "Algunas fotografías" Universidad Ricardo Palma in 1991, "Exponen", Bar Indio, Miraflores in 1993, "¿Quieres estar conmigo?" Instituto Peruano Británico in 1994, "11 años de Tafos" Tafos-Peru in 1997. he has been awarded the Third Prize in "Pasaporte para un artista" Visual Arts National Awards organized by the French Embassy in Lima in 2000.