Claudia Rosel is a Spanish filmmaker, photographer and creative producer based in Mexico. Her investigative and visual work explores migration, environmental issues and communities undergoing social change. She has worked for clients including The Guardian, The Associated Press, AFP, Getty Images and El País.
She spent much of her twenties as a humanitarian worker with the United Nations in Kenya and Somalia, where she gained extensive experience producing nuanced, locally grounded stories for global audiences. She then received a fully funded scholarship from Fundación “la Caixa” to pursue an M.S. in Documentary at Columbia Journalism School and has since written and directed STOP COUNTING (2026) and SOBRE SUELO QUEMADO (2027). She now works in development on documentary and fiction projects.
Claudia is a two-time Pulitzer Center Crisis Reporting grantee and an Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar. She is also a graduate in Audiovisual Communication, and passionate about the ocean. Certified PADI Advanced and Rescue Diver with more than 100 dives worldwide.
✉️ claudiaroselphoto [at] gmail (dot) com
📍 Mexico City / Madrid
Fellowships, Grants & Exhibitions
2026 AP Best of the Week - Deforestation Mezcal
2025 REVIVAL DOCFest premier New York City
2025 Pulitzer Centre Crisis Reporting Grant
2025 Pulitzer Centre Crisis Reporting Fellow
2025 Overseas Press Club Foundation Scholar Fellow
2025 Exhibition Invisible Walls, Pulitzer Hall, Columbia University
2025 Flow Trip Photo Contest - Honorable Mention
2024 La Caixa Post-Graduate Fellow
2022 Exhibition Where Life Takes Us, Migration through Somaliland