Message Statement

The street photography collective THROUGH THE LANDS was created with the ambition of forging links between photographers who share the same passion. Its members have in common this desire to capture everyday life and to convey the atmosphere, customs and idiosyncrasies of the places they visit. Through their own language, each member draws a very personal portrait of different countries around the world.

Sunny Quintero

Sunny Quintero ventured into photography in 2007.
She was part of the staff of photographers at the “Excélsior” mexican newspaper for 10 years, she has collaborated with the Ministry of Culture of Mexico City, Publimetro, the Ministry of Public Function and as a freelance photographer for the Xinhua News Agency, her work has been published in national and foreign media such as the Courrier International, Fox News, El Clarín, Alamy, Europa Press, among others.
She has participated in various group exhibitions in Mexico, New York, Italy, France, India, Vienna, Poland, Budapest and the United Arab Emirates, and has three individual exhibitions in Mexico City.
During the last few years she has dedicated herself to developing her vision within Street Photography, which has led her to obtain some recognition in various competitions such as: Leica Street Photo 2025, Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards 2023, Urban Photo Awards 2023, Paris International Street Photo Awards 2022 and 2023, Budapest International Photography Awards 2023, Eyeshot Open Call 2024, MX Street Photo Fest 2024, Women Street Photographers 2022.
She is the founder and curator of the Mexican Women Photographers community, a space to make visible the street photography of Mexican women inside and outside the country, with which she has held 3 annual exhibitions, the last of them is actually at the Museum of Mexico City, bringing together the work of 80 finalist photographs from said call, and simultaneously another collective exhibition at the Museum Archive of Photography “The Woman Behind the Camera: Photojournalism of Yesterday and Today”.