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Alberto Pereda
Alberto Pereda is a documentary photographer from Mexico City whose work explores the intersections of identity, territory, ritual, and collective memory. His practice is rooted in long-term documentary research and an interest in the ways communities construct, preserve, and transform cultural identity through tradition, ceremony, and everyday life.
Working across photography, writing, and audiovisual storytelling, Pereda develops visual narratives that move beyond documentation to examine the symbolic and emotional dimensions of place and ritual. His projects often emerge from extended periods of observation and travel, allowing him to build intimate narratives shaped by both historical context and lived experience.
Since 2016, he has collaborated as a writer and photographer with National Geographic Traveler Latin America, producing stories on destinations including Jerusalem, Myanmar, Colombia, and Bali, as well as extensive features on regions of Mexico such as Sonora and Oaxaca.
Earlier this year, in August 2026, he was awarded First Place in the National Photography Competition Rituality and Sacred Spaces for Los Borrados, Traces of a Tradition, a documentary series centered on the Naayeri (Cora) people of the Sierra del Nayar in Mexico. The project examines ritual practice as a space where identity, spirituality, memory, and territory converge.
His photographic work has also been recognized through official selections and international platforms including the Sony World Photography Awards, the Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA), PhotoEspaña portfolio reviews, the International Image Festival (FINI), and several editions of México en una Imagen.
He is currently developing a series of long-term documentary projects, including a photographic exploration of ritual figures and ceremonial traditions across different regions of Mexico, as well as a book-length project on India.
