The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer for The Washington Post became seduced by photography after borrowing a camera for a trip to Peru. A native Californian and half Peruvian, he previously worked with the Associated Press, The Boston Globe and The Los Angeles Times, amongst others. He has covered assignments in over 75 countries, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the collapse of Venezuela, the Egyptian revolution, gold mining in Peru and the 2006 Hezbollah/Israeli war. He is also a three-time winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Photojournalism, and was named Photographer of the Year by PX3 Photographie Paris in 2023 and Pictures of the Year International in 2020. Robinson Chávez is an iWitness Fellow, teaches with Leica Akademie and Foundry Photojournalism Workshops, and his work has been exhibited worldwide.
