North and Central America

Second cycle: Talents announced

For the second cycle of the 6x6 Talent Program, the six selected visual storytellers from North and Central America are:

Online selection committee 

  • Nadia Huggins, Trinidad and Tobago, visual artist and co-founder of ARC Magazine
  • Lissette Lemus, El Salvador, photojournalist 
  • Brent Lewis, United States, photo editor and co-founder of Diversify Photo
  • Rodrigo Orrantia, United Kingdom/Colombia, art historian and curator specialised in photography 
  • Émilie Régnier, Canada/Haiti, artist and photographer

Countries included in this region

Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and United States.

The 6x6 Global Talent Program is divided into six regions, linking to the concept of six continents. We appreciate that this division has many alternatives, and welcome queries.

First Cycle: North and Central America

6x6 North and Central America talents, First cycle

The talents of the first cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in North and Central America were announced in December 2018. Discover the results of the first cycle in this region below: 

With Lars Boering, former managing director of World Press Photo, as chair, the online selection committee comprised:

  • Juan Brenner, photographer and independent art director (Guatemala) 
  • Ana Casas Broda, photographer, editor and co-founder of Hydra +  Fotografia (Spain/ Mexico)
  • Barbara Davidson, photographer (Canada)
  • Loup Langton, freelance photographer and editor (USA)

Find out more about the nomination process.