Mexico: Citlali Fabián, Photographer of the Year 2026

FRIDAY, MAY 22
PROGRAM #11148 12:00 PM PT

Mexico Edition. 

Oaxacan photographer Citlali Fabián has been named Photographer of the Year 2026 at the Sony World Photography Awards for her project Bilha, Stories of My Sisters, a series built alongside Indigenous women from Oaxaca who have transformed the fight for territorial and human rights and for activism. One of the women she photographed is María Elena Ríos, a saxophonist and symbol of the struggle against gender violence after surviving an acid attack. In this interview, they speak about their story and her ongoing legal fight.

Photo: citlalifabian/Instagram

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