Marina Morris Uruchurtu

In my story, my first wide-angle lens was integrated into my photographic equipment at the turn of the century, in 2001. This started my collection of Postales Circulares (Circular postcards) that fluctuate around the circular. The “fisheye” or wide-angle lens has been called a different view of the world. To be able to capture ancient places and change them through a different way of looking that makes them look like a place never seen before excepting by my lens and me.
My call to analogue photography began at age 11 when my grandmother gave me a camera. My quest began with the aim of taking well-framed photos with good illumination. During my visits to different countries my photos were always like the postcards sold in tourist stands. On returning to Mexico on analysing my photos, I felt dissatisfied with producing such a classic style. How can one change the view of the same scene without changing the everyday process of development or printing? The technique shouted at me and I obtain my first wide-angle lens. The digital age then penetrated my work and the wide-angle lens became the nourishment to discover my own style.
Now, as a result of technical advances, I do not just capture the origin of my “postales” (postca...

Marina Morris is a Mexican photographer and audio-visual producer. Her studies in the field of analogue photography began in 1993 with the Mexican Photography Club.
In 1998 Marina travelled to Paris where she remained for a couple of years to study for an internship at the Sorbonne IV. On her return to Mexico, she continued her work as an image producer, without pausing her continuous formation in facing the change to digital photography through various courses and workshops given by the Visual Arts Academy (AVVI) and the Centre for Visual Education (CEV).
Marina has a degree in publicity (UDEC, Mexico) and masters degrees in the History of modern and contemporary art (Casa Lamm, Mexico) and Commercial direction and marketing (Nebrija University, Spain), and has accumulated , together with her work in communication, many years of experience in audio visual production, creative development, post-production, and diffusion of content through print and digital media for historical, social, cultural and institutional projects.
Thanks to her academic and creative nature, she has been involved in image production and audio visual work for television and the cinematic industry, and also for various commercial enterprises, private comp...

As a creative artist, Maria has exhibited her photographic work in Mexico and Europe using innovative techniques in digital retouching to make her compositions from shots taken using mainly wide-angle lens and drones. She debuted as a director and producer in the cinematic field with the documentary “43 and counting” in 2019 which was exhibited in Paris Photo.
Photographic Exhibitions
“43 y contando” Institut Culturel au Mexique in Paris, France 2019
“Inside – Outside” HUBarte, Ciudad HUBarte, Ciudad Juárez, México, 2019; Casa Quimera Gallery. México, 2016.
“Aquí, allá y acullá”, Germán Gedovius Art Gallery, SLP, 2019; Exhibition Centre of SLP, México, 2018.
“La vie dell´arte”, Mentana Art Gallery, Firenze. Italia, 2017.
“Fragmentos del Tiempo”, Aguafuerte Gallery. México, 2016.
“Morelos”, Regional Museum of Cuauhnáhuac, Palacio de Cortés. México, 2016.
“Contingencias” Central offices of Diconsa. México, 2006.
“Archivo histórico de Diconsa” Travelling exhibition in offices of Diconsa. México, 2005.
“Postal”, Short film festival in Guanajuato. México, 2001.
“Indígenas” Carranza Museum. México, 2001.
“Al descubierto”, La Quinta Colorada, Chapultepec. México, 2001.
“Reflejos”, Dada X. México, 2001.
“Autorretrato”, El C...