Bio

David Peinado Romero is a Mexican documentary photographer based between Detroit, Michigan, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. His long-term work explores migration, displacement, and humanitarian crises across Latin America, with a particular focus on the U.S.–Mexico border, Mexico’s southern border, and the Venezuela–Colombia frontier. Through sustained fieldwork and close collaboration with affected communities, his photographs examine the intersection of vulnerability, dignity, and resilience among people on the move. His work has been commissioned and published by international media outlets including The New York Times, Le Monde, Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency, and Xinhua. He has also worked as a local producer for ABC News, CNN, and NewsNation, supporting coverage in complex and high-risk environments along the U.S.–Mexico border. Peinado’s work has received international recognition, including the Gold Award (2025) and Silver Award (2024) in the Press category at PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, First Place in Press Photography at the ND Awards (2024), the Single Shot Award at the World Report Award | Documenting Humanity of Italy’s Festival della Fotografia Etica, and the Alan Hagman Photojournalism Grant (2025) from the National Press Photographers Foundation. He was also selected among the Top 100 photographers in PhotoVogue’s Latin American Panorama, shortlisted for PhotoVogue’s Tree of Life Open Call, named a Finalist for the Nida Art Colony Residency (Lithuania), and received a Nominee distinction at the Fine Art Photography Awards.