Daniel Beltrá

Place: Madrid

Born: 1964

Biography:

Daniel Beltrá is a Spanish photographer and artist who makes work about human impact on the environment. He was born in Madrid, Spain in 1964. Beltrá's recent work has focused on fine art aerial photography of landscapes and environmental issues. His best known project is a series of photographs of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, titled Spill, which have been exhibited in galleries and museums across Europe and North America. Other topics he has photographed include tropical deforestation in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and global warming in the Arctic, Patagonia, and the Southern Ocean. In September 2012, he documented the record-lowest summer sea ice level in the Arctic, which were later included in his 'Ice' exhibition. Beltrá is also known for his involvement in the Stop Esso campaign, a joint effort by Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and People and Planet aimed at boycotting the oil company ExxonMobil (which owns and operates the brand Esso) on the grounds that it is damaging the environment. Beltrá is currently based in Seattle, Washington.