Projects

Project: “Astrophotographic guide to the southern sky: from wide angle to telephoto” (2024)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2023 (11,260,000 CLP / ~11,790 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Initiative to illustrate notable differences between wide-field and telephoto astrophotography, revealing deep space objects, through a photobook (digital/printed) and audiovisual capsules.

Project: “Mini interactive astrophotographic magazine 'Windows to the Universe'” (2023)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2022 (10,240,000 CLP / ~12,000 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Printed and virtual publication, published monthly for 7 months, with free distribution, which addresses various topics related to astrophotography from the Antofagasta region. direct link.

Project: “From dusk to dawn: the desert in colors, shapes and augmented reality” (2023)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2022 (7,200,000 CLP / ~8400 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Photographic exhibition that combines daytime photography and astrophotography to enhance the Atacama Desert in relation to the concepts of colors, shapes and movement, through augmented reality. Reference.

Project: “Mars on Earth” (2022)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2021 (7,860,000 CLP / ~8800 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Micro documentary that exposes the natural similarities between the Atacama Desert (northern Chile) and the planet Mars, throughout 5 chapters, from an astrophotographic approach. direct link.

Project: “Desert at night: the night sky as natural and cultural heritage” (2022)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2021 (7,500,000 CLP / ~8400 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Astrophotographic exhibition exploring different edges of the night sky of the Atacama Desert (thematic axes) that expose it as part of the natural heritage of northern Chile.

Project: “Astrophotography as a tool for understanding celestial phenomena” (2022)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2021 (8,930,000 CLP / ~10,000 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Initiative to publicize and explain celestial phenomena through astrophotography with different deliverables, highlighting a photobook (digital/printed) and audiovisual capsules. direct link.

Project: “Photography workshop applied to the demystification of pseudosciences” (2021)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2020 (2,550,000 CLP / ~2800 USD)
Role: Workshop instructor.
Description: Astrophotographic workshop in Antofagasta and Calama, which highlights different possibilities and objectives that astrophotography can serve (e.g. educational, recreational, demystification, etc.).

Project: “Practical theoretical workshop on multipurpose astrophotography” (2019)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2018 (4,260,000 CLP / ~5900 USD)
Role: Workshop instructor.
Description: Astrophotographic workshop in Antofagasta and Calama, using concepts of astronomy and photography, to introduce the basic concepts of this discipline through theoretical and practical instances.

Project: “Astrophotography: self-guided art + science” (2018)
Origin: Fondart Regional 2017 (7,155,000 CLP / ~9900 USD)
Role: Main artist.
Description: Interactive astrophotographic exhibition that included various innovative resources (e.g. virtual reality, time-lapses, tutorials and interactive modules to illustrate photographic concepts).
***Derived versions were presented in the Antofagasta Regional Library in 2019 and in Cecrea Castro Creation Center in 2020.

Project: “Astronomy in times of pandemic” (2021)
Guy: Labor contribution for institution
Author: Astronomy Center, University of Antofagasta (financed by FNDR 2% of Culture)
Role: Astrophotographer
Description: Project that seeks to generate various deliverables to disseminate astronomy to the public, mainly schoolchildren, in the context of COVID-19, through digital resources that include 360° photospheres from astronomical observatories in the Antofagasta region.

Project: “Astrophotographic Embassy of the Antofagasta Region” (2020)
Guy: Labor contribution for institution
Author: Astronomy Center, University of Antofagasta (financed by FNDR 2% of Culture)
Role: Leading Astrophotographer
Description: This project expands the representativeness and impact of a previously funded astrophotographic exhibition (2017), showing landmarks from 6 communes in the Antofagasta region. This effort adds milestones from 3 new communes to represent the entire region.

Project: ““AstroExplora” (2017)
Guy: Labor contribution for institution.
Author: PAR Explore CONICYT and Astronomy Center, U. de Antofagasta
Role: Astrophotographer
Description: Initiative to teach about astronomical observatories located in the Antofagasta region, through an interactive app and a virtual reality (VR) set. The user navigates through 360° photospheres showing observatories such as Paranal, ALMA, Ckoirama, etc.

Project: “A space for astroculture in the heart of the desert” (2016)
Guy: Labor contribution for institution
Author: Astronomy Center, University of Antofagasta (financed by FNDR 2% de Cultura, LEF)
Role: Astrophotography instructor
Description: This project encourages regional photographers to capture regional landmarks through an astrophotographic exhibition, preceded by an intense workshop on astrophotography techniques, in the cities of Antofagasta and Calama, Chile.

Project: VR images from astronomical observatories in Chile (2015).
Guy: Labor contribution for institution.
Author: Chilean Astronomy Society (SOCHIAS)
Role: Astrophotographer
Description: Brief project to capture 360° photospheres from all professional astronomical observatories in Chile, to develop VR sets to be presented at the official Chilean stand during the XXIX IAU General Assembly in Honolulu, Hawai'i, United States.