Santiago Candelo was born in the city of La Plata, Argentina in 1984. His first analogic camera was given by his father, photography lover, during his childhood. He took his first steps in photography, in 2006-07, at the Escuela Superior de Formación Fotográfica (currently Foto Escuela Vicente Viola) obtaining the title of professional photographer. Then he studied Photography at Universidad de Palermo (Buenos Aires). He took workshops with Guillermo Ueno at the Centro Cultural Rojas and was part of Creadores de Imagenes coordinated by Julia Sbriller. From 2011 to 2019 he coordinated the activities Taller del Caleidoscopio, a cultural center in La Plata, Argentina. In 2017 he began to organize the Encuentro Fanzinero, an activity that seeks cooperation between independent publishers in La Plata and surroundings. On the other hand, in 2018 he created the independent publishing house Punta Lara ediciones.
In 2020 he moves to Arnhem, the Netherlands. In 2022 founded Not Just a Collective.
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Photo by Zanarenco