Misha, a documentary photographer, uses his grandfather’s camera to recreate a family album, bridging the gap to a man he never met. Exploring absent father figures, he reclaims spaces once denied to his family. Through his lens, secrets and violence surface, yet memory’s fluidity offers a chance for redemption.
Misha Vallejo Prut
He is a visual artist and audio-visual storyteller whose work lies in the border between documentary and art. His main interests lie in the portrayal of the lost person and the lost place with a special emphasis on environmental and identity issues. His work has been exhibited in galleries and photo festivals around the world and has received many distinctions such as the Dom Phillips grant from the Pulitzer Center (USA), the Prince Claus Fund for Cultural and Artistic Response for Environmental Change (Netherlands), the Ecuadorian National Arts Prize Mariano Aguilera and others. His work has been published in such media like The New York Times, The Washington Post, VICE, GEO, Marie Claire and more. He has published three award winning photobooks and the interactive web documentary secretsarayaku.net. His first feature length documentary film was premiered at IDFA 2024 in the International Competition category and since then it has traveled to dozens of festivals across the World.
