Ricardo Carrasco Stuparich (born 1965) is a Chilean photographer, author and photography teacher, best known for nature and travel photography of South America.

Early life

Born in Santiago, Chile in 1965 from a family of artists and musicians, Ricardo Aleide Carrasco Stuparich started in nature photography at an early age at his family farm in Santa Cruz de Cuca near the town of Quinchamali. Using a Soviet-Russian 35 mm camera and handmade extension tubes he then experimented in

macro photography Macro photography (or photomacrography or macrography, and sometimes macrophotography) is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is grea ...

. This led to his first published article by a major publication, Geomundo, about the praying mantis, in his early teens. In 1983 he studied photography and video production at the Arcis Institute in Santiago.

Career

Over the years, Carrasco traveled extensively through Chile, compiling a stock photo collection. His interest in

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and

kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits fac ...

and constant travels led to numerous articles and a permanent engagement with the Sunday magazine of Chile's El Mercurio newspaper, from 1986 to 1990. In 1991 Carrasco moved to the city of Valdivia, in Southern Chile. He published a book about the

Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary Río Cruces Chorocamayo Nature Sanctuary (Spanish: Santuario de la naturaleza Carlos Anwandter) is protected wetland in Cruces River about north of Valdivia, Chile. The sanctuary is named after the German politician Carlos Anwandter who settl ...

(Spanish: Santuario de la naturaleza Carlos Anwandter), a protected wetland in Cruces River about 15 km north of Valdivia. By 2000, he moved to the city of Chillan and started collaborating extensively with ''

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'', a bimonthly publication by the

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(OAS), with the Spanish language edition of National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, and

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( UKLA), among others. In 2004 along with scientists from the

Austral University of Chile Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Tr ...

in Valdivia, Carrasco was an active advocate for the protection of the

from pollution caused by the

Valdivia Pulp Mill The Valdivia Pulp Mill or Planta Valdivia is a pulp mill and biomass-fueled electrical generating station in San José de la Mariquina, Los Ríos Region, Chile. Although the main activity is wood pulp production, it also generates 61 MW of electr ...

and its effect on bird species including black-necked swans. In 2006 Carrasco started collaborating with articles and photographs for the travel magazine of the Chilean newspapers '' El Mercurio'' and ''

La Tercera ''La Tercera'' ( es, The Third One), formerly known as ''La Tercera de la Hora'' ('the third of the hour'), is a daily newspaper published in Santiago, Chile and owned by Copesa. It is ''El Mercurio''s closest competitor. ''La Tercera'' is part o ...

''. These assignments have taken him to cover archaeological sites in Peru and Mexico as well as travel destinations in Argentina,

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, Brazil, Chile, Canada,

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, and

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. Carrasco operates RCSPHOTO, an extensive photo stock collection of South America in 35 mm transparencies. He also shoots color digital photography and produces panoramic photographs with medium format Linhof Technorama cameras up to 7x16". He had an exhibit in Beijing and Tianjin as part of the cultural exchange organized by the Embassy of Chile in China. He made extensive panoramic photography coverage of Easter Island. He has made constant travels across South America, North America and Asia on assignment for Chilean and international publications. He was editor and collaborator for the Chilean photography magazine, CAPTION Magazine

References

External links

* Ricardo Carrasco'
official website

article about Chiloe churches, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Interview for ''Revelando Historias''
a series on Chilean photographers by the journalism of school of Universidad Finis Terrae.
Sensaciones del Desierto
article by Carrasco about the Atacama Desert i
CAPTION Magazine
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