Tino Soriano About

Born and raised in Barcelona, the capital city of Catalonia, Spain, presently splits his time between photojournalism and travel photography; he is particularly attracted by the world of Medicine. Amongst many other national and international prizes, Tino Soriano has been the recipient of UNESCO, OMS and World Press Photo Foundation’s  awards and proudly holds five FotoPress prizes. 

In 2004, Vicente Fox, then Mexico’s president, personally awarded him the Lente de Plata, a prize given to the author of the best story about Mexico published anywhere in the world.

Tino Soriano is the author of "Travel Photography", "Dali, 1903-2003", "Banyoles" and "There is a Future". He has also participated in projects such as "Hospital de Bellvitge 25 Anys", "Discover Spain", "Images of Catalonia" and "World’s Great Train Journeys". The last three titles were published by The National Geographic Society.

In 2003 he wrote and illustrated book "Heartbeat of a Hospital", the result of ten years’ work photographing the everyday life of Spain’s health care professionals. He recently published the books "Connected to Life", "Verges, the Procession", "Catalans", "David vs. Goliath", "Photo by Photo" and five National Geographic Traveler Guide-books: Spain, Sicily, Madrid, Portugal and Naples and Southern Italy.

Soriano’s career spans varied fields and experiences. He has, since 1978, lectured at several Spanish universities and held innumerable workshops. His work has been featured in some of the world’s greatest publications such as The National Geographic Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Paris Match, La Republica, La Vanguardia and El Pais Semanal and many others.

 
“Andalucia, the Awakening of the Senses,”  “Kardelen, Turkey’s New Hope” and “Stories of the Sea. Protecting the Oceans,” are three National Geographic Channel television documentaries in which he has been involved in the last four years.

Since 2010 Tino Soriano is also the Art Director in FOTONATURE, a photofestival in La Palma Island.

His biography and samples of his work have been included in the catalog of the National Geographic Image Collection, Washington, since 2001. 

Tino Soriano belongs to the National Geographic Expedition's select group of photographers-experts.

This is an interview published in Spanish by Obtura.org in September, 2011.