Country: Spain 🇪🇸
Photojournalist, Canon Ambassador, and Editor-in-Chief of Sonda Internacional, a non-profit media outlet specializing in visual journalism on the climate crisis. Working extensively from numerous countries, since the beginning of his career, Palacios has focused on migration, conflict, and human ecology—interests rooted in his academic background in sociology and international journalism.
His work has been published by major magazines and newspapers worldwide and exhibited in dozens of cities. He has received numerous national and international awards, including World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year (POY), the Ortega y Gasset Award, the Istanbul Photo Awards, the Luis Valtueña International Photography Award, and Spain’s National Photojournalism Award in two consecutive years, among many others. In 2016, he was part of the Associated Press team nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography. In 2018, he was selected by the World Press Photo Foundation as one of six emerging European talents. In 2023, he served as a jury member for the World Press Photo contest.
Santi regularly contributes to Revista 5W, UNHCR, and the NGO Open Arms. He is also a guest lecturer in international reporting and journalism at RTVE and Blanquerna, among other institutions. From 2016 until its closure in 2024, he was a guest lecturer at EFTI International Photography School. He was a frequent contributor to the Associated Press from 2014 to 2018 and has also worked as a freelance photographer for outlets including The New York Times, TIME, CNN, and El País. He is based between Madrid and Barcelona, traveling frequently between the two cities when not working abroad.
His work has been published by major magazines and newspapers worldwide and exhibited in dozens of cities. He has received numerous national and international awards, including World Press Photo, Pictures of the Year (POY), the Ortega y Gasset Award, the Istanbul Photo Awards, the Luis Valtueña International Photography Award, and Spain’s National Photojournalism Award in two consecutive years, among many others. In 2016, he was part of the Associated Press team nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Photography. In 2018, he was selected by the World Press Photo Foundation as one of six emerging European talents. In 2023, he served as a jury member for the World Press Photo contest.
Santi regularly contributes to Revista 5W, UNHCR, and the NGO Open Arms. He is also a guest lecturer in international reporting and journalism at RTVE and Blanquerna, among other institutions. From 2016 until its closure in 2024, he was a guest lecturer at EFTI International Photography School. He was a frequent contributor to the Associated Press from 2014 to 2018 and has also worked as a freelance photographer for outlets including The New York Times, TIME, CNN, and El País. He is based between Madrid and Barcelona, traveling frequently between the two cities when not working abroad.