Susana Girón

Country: Spain 🇪🇸

Documentary freelance photographer based in Spain. She works as professional photojournalist since 2009. She graduated in Photography and Visual Arts at the University Miguel Hernandez in Elche.\r\nHer images assiduously illustrate a broad range of international media such as New York Times, CNN, Stern, GEO France, Days Japan, Terra Mater, El Mundo, Polka, El País, La Nacion, Der Spiegel,...\r\nShe has received several awards. In 2012 she has been shortlisted at Sony World Photagraphy Awards (Arts category). She was granted in 2012 with Fototraballo international Grant. She also has been awarded in the International Photography Awards Competition IPA 2012 and 2014 with four Honorable Mention. Winner of National Photojournalism Award Doñana in 2013. Third prize at China International Press Photo Award 2014. Shortlisted at VISA de la ANI pix palace Perpignan 2014, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award 2014 and 2018, Alfred Fried Photography Award 2015 and FINI México 2017 and 2018. Winner of Felix Ordoñez sport photography award 2016 and 2017, Felix de Azara International Photography award 2016 and Propuestas 2016 Grant supported by VEGAP. In 2017 she won two Honorable mentions at Atlanta Photojournalism Award among other prizes.\r\nHer new project "90 varas" about transhumance in Spain, "Zug der schafe" in German, was published in a photobook by Terramater books (Red Bull media house) in 2019.