Marcos Zegers is a Chilean documentary and editorial photographer whose work explores the relationship between people and territory, rural ways of life and the transformations brought about by extractive industries.

A National Geographic Explorer, he works on long-term personal projects and editorial assignments, contributing photographs to The New York Times and other international publications.

Trained in architecture, he also maintains an architectural photography practice. With Magdalena Ulloa, he co-founded Otro Habitar, working with rural and Indigenous knowledge through photography, research and publications.

contacto@marcoszegers.cl

Fine-art prints
Augusta Edwards Fine Art

Books

  • 2026Itxofil mongen ñi züngu / Relatos de naturaleza. With Magdalena Ulloa and Ana Millaqueo. Otro Habitar.
  • 2022El paisaje mineral tiene el cielo celeste y dos montañas blancas. Buen Lugar.
  • 2017Cerros Isla de Santiago. Photographic essays alongside Guy Wenborne. Fundación Cerros Isla / Ediciones ARQ.

Selected photographic contributions to books

  • 2026Recolección. Artes en defensa de la naturaleza en Chile. Fundación Mar Adentro / Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad. Photographic contribution.
  • 2024Cazú Zegers: Architecture in Poetic Territories. Philip Jodidio, Rizzoli. Photographic contribution.

Selected exhibitions

  • 2026Imprint. Sur Gallery / CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto.
  • 2024Paisaje Común. Galería Animal, Santiago.
  • 2024Diálogos de Humanidad. Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Santiago.
  • 2024Metales. Galería Espacio Veta, Santiago. Fundación Relaves.
  • 2023Paisaje | Experiencia | Producción. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago.
  • 2023San José Foto, San José de Mayo, Uruguay.
  • 2021Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Solo exhibition.
  • 2021Power Structures. Bermondsey Project Space, London; Many Studios, Glasgow.
  • 2019Water, Mining and Exodus. Getxophoto, Spain.
  • 2019Observations in the Ordinary. Subjectively Objective, Detroit.
  • 2019Sísmica. Galería ICPNA Miraflores, Lima.
  • 2015Landscapes. With Sebastián Mejía, Galería Ekho, Santiago.

Programmes and grants

  • 2026Invited speaker, UIA World Congress of Architects, Barcelona.
  • 2025PHotoESPAÑA PRO Talento a Bordo, Madrid.
  • 2024National Geographic Society Explorer; project support.
  • 2024Fondart Nacional, Relatos de Naturaleza.
  • 2023E·CO/23, VIST and AECID. Grant to Otro Habitar.
  • 2020Joop Swart Masterclass, World Press Photo.
  • 20196×6 Global Talent Programme, World Press Photo.

Collaborative projects · Otro Habitar

Practice and education

  • 2019–Freelance assignments for The New York Times.
  • 2014–Architectural photography.
  • Architecture, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile.
  • Instructor, Proyectos de fotografía documental, Domestika.

Selected publications

Includes commissioned work and coverage of personal and architectural projects.

The New York Times, Domus, Wallpaper*, Dwell, Arquitectura Viva, ArchDaily, Divisare, designboom, IGNANT, JOIA.