Julio Etchart grew up in Uruguay and later settled in the UK where he studied Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at Newport Art College in Wales and video production at the Theatre Workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has covered national and world events for the British and international press and also has worked as consultant and researcher for recording labels, film and TV companies.Julio also works for charities and NGOs producing audio-visual material for their reports and campaigns.He covers musical events and festivals, and has been awarded a World Press First Prize for his documentation of environmental issues. Julio has five photo books published and has exhibited his work in many venues around the world. He also writes reviews of exhibitions and art shows for online publications.Julio has long been involved in the practice of photo-voice and has facilitated workshops in participatory image-making with grassroots communities in many countries in the majority world. He has been working as a visual consultant with CARE, the Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation at the Faculty of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore where he helped to develop photo-voice practices with migrant workers and other marginalized communities in the region, and to document their plight for educational and mass media campaigns.Specialties: photographing and writing articles and reviews for the international press,licensing music for recording labels, interpreting and translation from English to Spanish, fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese languages, committee member, London Freelance Branch of the National Union of Journalists, writes reviews of exhibitions and art shows for online publications,visual consultant with institutions of higher education.