Diego Ortiz Mugica

Renowned Argentine photographer and worldwide reference in Zone System and Fine Art Printing techniques.
Ortiz Mugica was the first photographer admitted to the National Museum of Decorative Arts of Buenos Aires, and his work was also exhibited at the National Museum of FineArts, the Recoleta CC, the Borges CC and the CCK, among other important museums and cultural institutions in Argentina.
His works travel around the world and have been on display more than ten times in cities such as New York, Washington, Palma de Mallorca, and Frankfurt.
Ortiz Mugica’s photographs are part of remarkable Argentinian collections (such as the Nacional Museum of Fine Arts) and international collections as well. Several of his works belong to the prestigious Smith Collection, shown at the exhibition entitled “Great Masters of the 20th century”, together with works by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Robert Doisneau, and a dozen of other great masters.
He was given the “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Award at the Biennalle Internazionale d’arte Contemporaneo of Florence.
In 2007, his book “Fly Fishing Moments” was selected by the Argentine Chamber of Publications as the “best book printed and edited in Argentina”. A short time later, he published Parques Nacionales Argentinos, the official book of Argentina’s National Parks Agency. In 2014, he published his third book, Celebration, portraying brother David Staindl-Rast on his visit to Patagonia.
He was a tester for Nikon and Kodak. He was also selected by Manfrotto, a company headquartered in Italy, as one of the Local Heroes of Latin America and by Canson Infinity as ambassador.
Currently, Diego Ortiz Mugica is strongly focused on his personal photography and splits his time between Bariloche, where he organizes photo travels in Patagonia and teaches workshops at his studio and dark room, and Buenos Aires where he has a studio and a school of photography.