Elena Navarro (born in Madrid, 1969) holds a degree in Geography and History (specializing in Art History) from the Complutense University of Madrid (1987-1992). She also holds a Master's degree in Museology and Exhibition Techniques (1993-1994). Since 2000, she has worked as a curator, producer, consultant, and photography manager, based in Mexico City and Madrid. She is the founder and artistic director of the FOTOMÉXICO International Photography Festival, a platform dedicated to reflection, dissemination, and photographic production. Previously, she directed the Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City before founding Espacio V, a non-profit foundation dedicated to increasing the presence of contemporary photography in the daily lives of people in Latin America.
Throughout her career, Elena Navarro has established and strengthened collaborative relationships within the cultural ecosystem of photography and image creation, fostering projects between institutions, museums, public and private collections, artists, and creators. For the past decade, she has focused on showcasing the work of women artists and creators from Mexico and Latin America, in dialogue with Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world.
Navarro has also served as a juror, nominator, and portfolio reviewer for various awards, and was the Cultural Director of Magnum Photos' 75th Anniversary Project in New York in 2022. She is currently the Ambassador for Latin America and Spain for Paris Photo, and in 2024 she was the guest curator of Voices, the fair's new section. In 2025, she curated the most comprehensive retrospective of Graciela Iturbide for Kyotographie, Japan's most prestigious photography festival.
