LESLIE MAZOCH, from Dallas, Texas, is a photo editor for the Associated Press at its headquarters for Latin America and the Caribbean in Mexico City.

Read her account of moving into editing on Camera Oscura.

lesliemazoch@gmail.com

CURRENT PROJECT

The focus of Mazoch´s current work is the Mexicon female rodeo sport called Escaramuza. Her photographs have won awards from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) and a Mexican book publisher will publish her photo book on the Escaramuza in 2012.

PROJECT AWARDS

Sports photo story, 2nd place, NPPA 2011

Sports audio slide-show, 3rd place, NPPA 2011

PROJECT EXHIBIT

The Escaramuza audio-slide show was exhibited at the "Arte En La Charreria" show at The Hubbard Museum of the American West in Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico. July 1- Sept. 25, 2011

WORK & EDUCATION

2001-2007 AP staff photographer in Caracas, Venezuela

2000-2001 Staff photographer at the Brownsville Herald on the Texas border with Mexico.

1994-1999 Graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, specializing in photojournalism & Spanish. Worked at UT´s daily student newspaper The Daily Texan and worked a summer photography internship at Newsday in NY.

1997-98 Studied Fine Art at Complutense in Madrid, Spain.