Email: nathalielsayagob@gmail.com
Nathalie Sayago, based in Venezuela & New York City, is a photojournalist and documentary photographer focusing on social and human rights issues. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, Canada Broadcasting News, Dennik Slovakia among others.
Graduated in journalism and while living in Venezuela, Nathalie worked for El Universal Newspaper and International News Agency EFE covering social issues during the evolving emergency crisis in Venezuela. Later while living in Peru, she worked for Andina News Agency and El Peruano newspaper covering from socio-political issues to natural disasters.
Nathalie has also collaborated with People in Need. Her work on human rights for children in Venezuela formed part of the NGO’s fundraising which provided school lunches for approximately 700 vulnerable children.
Her personal story of “Women journalists facing life-threatening risks” forms part of the Women’s Media Center, an NGO working to raise the visibility, viability, and decision-making power of women and girls in media.
Nathalie’s work has been exhibited in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Iran, and New York City in collaboration with the French Alliance and the 24HourProject. In 2019 she participated in the photographic residence with a focus on gender, named “Existimos” organized by Warmi Photo in Sucre, Bolivia.
Nathalie is currently a freelancer, a photographer volunteer at the American Red Cross New York, and the photo editor for Photographers for Social Change.