About Sebastian Liste

Sebastian Liste (b. 1985, Spain) is an award-winning photographer based between Spain and Brazil. He studied Sociology and Photography before moving to Latin America, where he spent a decade refining his visual language. 

He is dedicated to long-form, in-depth documentary projects exploring loss and trauma; the human impact on the environment; and reflections of place, family, and memory. 

His accolades include a World Press Photo prize, POYI Community Awareness Award, Magnum Foundation Grant, Getty Grant, the Young Reporter Award at Visa pour l’Image, citation at the Olivier Rebbot Award. His work has also been nominated for the Prix Pictet and the FOAM Paul Huf Award. He was a finalist at the Eugene Smith Grant and the winner of the Alexia Foundation Grant for World Peace and Cultural Understanding. 

Sebastian is a regular contributor to many international publications, including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Stern, Paris Match, GEO, and The Sunday Times Magazine.

His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions and festivals worldwide. It’s held in the permanent collection of The Sorigue Foundation in Lerida, Spain, at Maison de l´Image Documentarie in Séte, France, at Elton John Photography Collection as other private collections. 

Sebastian is a frequent lecturer on photography at universities, photography schools, and festivals and conducts photographic mentoring and workshops.

Sebastian Liste is a member and co-owner of NOOR Images, a global, multilingual collective of highly accomplished photographers, authors, artists, and filmmakers documenting, investigating, and witnessing our world.