Paula Guardián is a Spanish documentary photographer trained at the International Center of Photography in New York. Her work focuses on people and the territories that shape them, tracing how dignity, resilience and quiet forms of resistance appear in everyday life. 

She approaches each story slowly and with care, seeking to portray individuals as whole and fully present, not as symbols, but as protagonists of their own landscapes.

Working primarily with analogue processes, she is developing long-term projects that explore the relationship between community and territory

2026 — Merit Prize for Global Awards of ‶Walk of water: Identities” photo contest

2026 — Feature in Piel de Gallina Magazine (Ecuador)

2026 — Exhibition in Teatro Bolívar, Ecuador

2025 —  Exhibition at Bagdad Photo Festival, Iraq

2025 — Exhibition at the Jahresgaben photo festival, Germany

2025 — Exhibition as finalist of PHOCO, Ciudad Real, Spain

2025 — Exhibition as finalist of the Santa Lucía Photography Prize Canary Islands, Spain

2025 — Feature in  CLAST Magazine (London)

2025 — Best Of, PhotoVogue Italia

2025 — Feature in Este País Magazine (Mexico)

2025 — Exhibition Meditations, Telos Haus, Brooklyn

2025 — Exhibition Heaven Is a Laundry Room, New York

2025 — Exhibition The Sun Never Sets, 141 Canal St, New York

2024 — Exhibition Shared Spaces, International Center of Photography, New York

2023 — Exhibition as finalist of Málaga Crea, La Caja Blanca, Spain

2023 — Exhibition as finalist of Nuevo Cine Andaluz , Blas Infante Cultural Center, Spain

2023 — Women Shoot Film, Mori Film Lab, Brussels

2022 — Exhibition Nosotras, University of Málaga

2021 — Exhibition Enfoque Joven, Pasaje de Peña, Santander

2021 — Exhibition Sempiterno, Sociedad Económica Amigos del País, Málaga

2020 — Exhibition De lo Pictórico, MUPAM Museum, Málaga