DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER & VISUAL JOURNALIST

Aníbal Martel is a documentary photographer based in Williamsburg, Virginia, working on long-term projects about cultural memory, migration, identity, and place. His work is grounded in research and sustained field engagement, with a focus on how history remains present in landscape, labor, and everyday life. His long-term project CISLANDERUS traces the legacy of Canary Island descendants in the United States and has been presented in museum and academic contexts.

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER & VISUAL JOURNALIST

Aníbal Martel is a documentary photographer based in Williamsburg, Virginia, working on long-term projects about cultural memory, migration, identity, and place. His work is grounded in research and sustained field engagement, with a focus on how history remains present in landscape, labor, and everyday life. His long-term project CISLANDERUS traces the legacy of Canary Island descendants in the United States and has been presented in museum and academic contexts.

CISLANDERUS Cultural Project

Lurigancho Prison, Lima, Peru

Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Park Slope Food Coop — Brooklyn, New York

Sahrawi: in No Man’s Land, Algeria

Home Run — Waiting for a Home, Cuba

Tanning and Dyeing Leather, Morocco

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, Europe

Mapuche, southern Chile

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