HECTOR VIVAS

Hector Vivas, 33, grew up in Mexico City, where he found a passion for sports during his early years. At the age of 18, Hector decides to enroll in the photography school Escuela Activa de Fotografia, where he graduates. Always a sports fan, Vivas was participating again in the action through the lens of a camera.

In 2008, Hector enters the professional field, by joining the mexican sports photography agency Jam Media.

He has been assigned to cover events such as the Olympic Games London 2012, FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Pan American Games in Peru and Guadalajara, F1, FINA Diving World Series, U-17 FIFA World Cup, IAAF World Race Walking, Mexican First Division Soccer games, World Rally Championship, NBA, NFL an MLS games

His work has been published in Mexican and international media such as New York Times, Washington Post, ESPN, The Guardian, The New Yorker, Forbes, The Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Time, Fox Sports, Slate, Sports Ilustrated, Le Monde, etc..

He currently works for the agency Getty Images as a stringer photographer and videographer. 

ELOISA SANCHEZ

Eloisa is a Mexican professional photographer since 2011. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture by the Universidad Autónoma de México (U.N.A.M.)  and a degree in Photography by the Escuela Activa de Fotografía.

Eloisa started taking pictures at an early age. Since she was born, her father always had a camera in his hands and at the age 6 he gave her her first own 110mm camera. Self-taught at the beginning, she grew up with photography as a hobby; but with time, and after graduating in Architecture, the idea of making photography her life consolidated in her head.

She started her photography career working as a freelance for the international agency Getty Images Latin America (now Getty Images Mexico). She’s based in Mexico City and right now she also works for the official photo agency of the Mexican Football Federation, Imago7.

She teaches photo production and lightning techniques for portrait and fashion at the Escuela Activa de Fotografía, where she studied.

Eloisa Sánchez’s photographic work has been published in several Mexican and International media outlets as The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, ESPN, Fox Sports, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, Marca and Marca Claro, Récord, El Universal, Proceso, among other newspapers and magazines.

During her professional career Eloisa has also photographed content for art books and documentaries for CONACULTA, Clío and TV UNAM, conferences, portraits and product shots for Grupo Modelo, Adidas, VISA, Nestlé, etc.

She also works as a videographer and produced the mexican documentary “La Ciudad de los Fragmentos” (Anaid González, 2016).