Awards/Grants
2019- We Woman Grant, USA.The Native and Everyday Projects Mentorship Program, USA.
2017 - New York Times Portfolio Review
2017 - En Foco Fellowship
2016 - Magnum Foundation Fellowship
2014 - Second Place In The Competition Festival International Of The Image In The Category Documentary
Photographer For Her Series “Comerciantes De Ilusiones”, México.
2012 - Second Place In The Competition Festival International Of The Image In The Category Documentary
Photographer For Her Series “Subway”, México.
2011 - Third Place Recognition In "Cultural Diversity" Photo Competition Of The National Movement For Cultural
Diversity Of Mexico, CDI, CELCI, UAEH, Universidad La Salle, México.
2010 - Awarded A Grant From The State Fund For Culture And Arts Of The State Of Hidalgo To Complete The Book
Series The Indigenous Worldview And Its Representations In The Nahua Acaxochitlán Textiles, Pachuca, Hidalgo,
México.
2008 - Third Place In The National Photography Competition "El Sazón Mexicano" By The Photo Series "Food
Ritual" By The Magazine Cuartoscuro, México, D.F.
2007 - Second Place In The National Photography Competition Category Human Rights In Photographic History With A Book Entitled “The Broken Toy”, Awarded By The Ministry Of Interior, Foreign Secretary, National Commission On Human Rights, Youth Institute, Polytechnic Institutional, United Nations Commission For Human Rights Regional Office For Latin America And The Caribbean, México, D.F.
2009 - Fellow Of The State Fund For Culture And The Arts Of The State Of Hidalgo, In The Category Of Cultural Heritage Outreach Project: Indigenous Textiles And Their Worldview, Hidalgo, México.2007 - Fellow Of The State Fund For Culture And The Arts Of The State Of Hidalgo, In The Category Of Cultural
Heritage Outreach Project: The Codex Huichapan, Hidalgo, México.
2007 - Second Place In The Photographic Competition "Laocoon And His Sons" Awarded By The Museo Soumaya,
Mexico, D.F.
2005-2008 Scholarship “Telmex” Per Academic Excellence Awarded By Telmex Foundation, México, D.F.
Publications on Photography
2018- Photos on Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Church Because ICE Separates Families Every Day, in
The Intercept, June 23 2018, USA.
Photos on ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’ in the Nation Magazine, New York, USA,
April 2.
2018- Photos on ”The Walls of this Church Are the Only Thing Standing Between Amanda Morales and Deportation”,
in the Nation Magazine, New York, USA, January 30.
2018- Photos on ”Seeing an Opening to Leave Her Husband, She Took It and Didn’t Look Back” The Neediest Cases
Fund, New York Times, Region, New York, USA, January 2.
2017- Photos on “Sticking to the J Train, but Learning to Reroute Dark Thoughts” The Neediest Cases Fund, New York
Times, Region, New York, USA, Nov. 1.
2017- Photos on “On Her Own, Raising Twin ‘Princesses’ With Special Needs” The Neediest Cases Fund, New York
Times, Region, New York, USA, Nov. 22.
2017- “Abuelas: Portraits of Invisible Grandmothers”, Nueva Luz Magazine, USA.
2017- “Invisible Grandmothers”, Open Society Foundation, Instagram Takeover, USA.
2017 - "Quinceañeras", Buzzfeed, USA.2017 - Abuelas In Lens Blog, New York Times, USA.
2017 - New York Edited Identity By Ostreuzschule Für Fotografie In Berlin, Germany.
2017 - Dummy "USA" #52, Berlin Germany
2016 - Shift Vol 11 International Center Of Photography, New York
2016 - Invisible Matriarchs: Cinthya Santos Briones’ “Abuelas” Series On Pdn Online, USA.
Job Experience
2017 -Teaching At Lyons Community School, New York, USA.
2017 - Teaching Assistant For Adriana Adriana Zehbrauskas, Documentary Seminar, International Center Of Photography, New York, USA.
2017 - Teaching Assistant For Andrew Lichtenstein, Documentary Seminar, International Center Of Photography, New York, USA.
2017 - Teaching Assistant For Frank Franca, "Light And Shadows", International Center Of Photography, New York, USA.
2017 - Inter At PROOF: Media For Social Justice, USA.
2017 - Inter At Magnum Foundation, USA.
2014 - Photo Editor In The Magazine NACLA -North American Congress On Latin America, New York City, Unite States.
2014 - Community Organizer In The Tribunal Permanent Of The People: “Migration” Between Mexico And New York, Unite States.
2013 - Researcher At HBO In The Documentary Series “Heroes Cotidianos” New York City.
2005/2011 - Researcher In A National Project Of Ethnography Of The Indigenous Regions In The New Millennium, National Institute Of Anthropology And History (INAH), In The North Huasteca Regional Team Of México, D.F.
2011 - Researcher On The Project "National Program Of Basic Education For Children Of Migrant Laborer Families (PRONIM) In The State Of Guanajuato, Secretaria De Educación Pública, México.
In February And March Of 2011 Worked As An Assistant Of Museography At The "People's Art Exhibition Hidalgo: Rituals, Customs And Creations" Organized By The State Council For Culture And Arts Of The State Of Hidalgo, México.
2009-2010 Researcher On The Project "A Regional Demographic Diagnosis Of The Migrant Population Of The State Of Guanajuato", SEP, México.
2007 - Research On The Project Of Cultural Processes Derived From Migration In The National Commission For The Development Of Indigenous Peoples (CDI), Mexico, D.F.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 -“Living In Sanctuary” at Green-Wood Cemetery, New York, USA, 2019.2018- “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers”, Sky Blue Gallery, Portland Oregon, USA.
2017- “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers” at Advent Church, New York, USA.
Selected Exhibitions
2018 - “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers”, LUMIX Festival, Germany.
2018 - “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers” at International Photo Festival in Leiden in Holland, 2018.
2017 - EmergiCubes, Photoville, New York, USA.2016 - Mextasis Studio, Brooklyn New York, USA.
2016 - "Haven" For Another Kind Of Paradise, International Center Of Photography, New York, NY
Artists Lectures
2018 - “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers”, Sky Blue Gallery, Portland Oregon, USA.
“Living Inside Sanctuary” at New School, New York, USA.
“Living Inside Sanctuary” at United Photo Industries, New York, USA.
2018- “Living Inside Sanctuary”at Bronx Documentary Center, New York, USA.
2017- “Abuelas” at Bronx Documentary Center, New York, USA.
2017- “Abuelas: Portraits of the Invisible Grandmothers” at Advent Church, New York, USA.
2017 - Dreaming Up North: Children on the Move Across the Americas, Museo del Barrio, New York, USA.2017 - Fighting Back On Both Sides Of The Mexico-U.S. Border, Left Forum, New York, USA.
2016 - Baxter Camara Club Of New York, USA.
2016 - Mextasis Studio, Brooklyn New York, USA.
Clients
New York Times, The Intercept, The Nation Magazine, Pdn Online, Buzzfeed, Open Society Foundations, Vogue, Open Society Foundations, Haaretz, La Jornada, NACLA, PROOF: Media For Social Justice, Vision Project, Delayed Gratification Magazine, Democracy Now, etc.
Cinthya is available for assignments worldwide.
Languages: Spanish and English