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Long-form
Edition № 10 · The Salon · Spring 2026 · Photography Photography
Light,
weather,
people.
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Plate I · Ana Vidal, Mexico City
— 2025
"The picture I am looking for is almost never the one I think I'm looking for."
— Ana Vidal, in conversation
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2026
№ I · Statement
A documentary practice between two cities.
"Documentary photography is the long way around to a short answer. I take the long way around."
Ana Vidal is a documentary and editorial photographer working between Lisbon and Mexico City. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, National Geographic, T Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine.
She is the recipient of a 2024 World Press Photo honourable mention for her long-form work on inland fishing communities in northern Portugal, and her first monograph, Sal, was published by Loose Joints in 2025.
When not on assignment she teaches a yearly workshop in Mexico City and serves as a mentor for the Magnum Foundation's Emergency Fund program.
№ II · Counts
The numbers, current.
12yrs
Practicing
1
Monograph
34
Countries shot
9
Awards
№ III · The Plates
Selected plates, 2024 — 26.
ii.
Editorial
Portraits, The Atlantic.
iii.
Reportage
The Salt March — National Geographic.
iv.
Portrait
T Magazine — issue 28.
v.
Workshop
Mexico City workshop, '25.
vi.
Print show
Sal — print show at Loose Joints.
№ IV · Path
A working life, plotted.
2024 — Now
Lisbon · CDMX
Independent practice, between Lisbon & CDMX
Editorial · documentary · book-length projects · workshops
2022 — 2024
Lisbon
Contract photographer, Reuters Lisbon bureau
News & features across Iberia and West Africa
2018 — 2022
Madrid
Staff photographer, El País Semanal
Long-form features & documentary work for the Sunday magazine
2016 — 2018
New York
Photojournalism Fellow, Magnum Foundation
Emergency Fund recipient · two long-form projects
2014 — 2016
New York
MFA, Photography & Related Media
Parsons / The New School for Design