Bastián Cifuentes Araya A.K.A \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Periodista Furioso\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' is a social communicator, journalist, photographer and visual artist based in Chile.
His work focuses on socio documentary, cultural and artistic projects, with emphasis on storytelling and photographic portraiture. Also, he has documented the different Chilean social processes through a critical, patrimonial, cultural and \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"historical document\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" point of view for the actual and future generations.
His photographic work has been awarded national and internationally, where he has been distinguished for his portrait, social, cultural and contingency works. In a similar vein, Bastián has been awarded with the first place in the Salón Nacional de Fotografía (FOTOPRENSA), in the Portrait Reports category (2021/2022/2023) and People category (2022), and also getting an honorable mention on the Press category (2023) for a picture of the President Gabriel Boric. Since 2020, the European photographic contest, 35Awards, has awarded him in the Reportage and Portraits category, by popular vote and the official jury, where Bastián was included in the final yearbook.
Bastián has published photozines and two photo books, which are OCTUBRE (four editions) and IN-VISIBLES. He also had various collaborations in books, documentaries and TV series.
In addition, Bastián is actively working as a photographer on areas like culture and musical shows, workshops and photo talks in schools, colleges and educational institutes, and writing on musical, cultural and political media.
