Silverlight STUDIO started as a dream of us: photojournalist Oscar Leiva and video producer and editor Guillermo Berrios. we began our journey working at a local Salvadoran newspaper called la prensa gráfica where our profesional carriers started back in 2003.
By 2011 we became independent and became specialized creating documentary photography and videography with international humanitarian agencies such as catholic relief services, lutheran world relief, Oxfam, unicef, undp, un women, who /paho, Usaid, educo, and others that needed imagery that portrayed and focused with respect and dignity their project participants stories of success, their community spirit, their hopes, resilience and the efforts of the worlds most vulnerable in their road to sustainable development.
after having worked in 16 countries around the globe we offer an experienced vision to those seeking for images with soul, story telling with heart and compromise. after 20 years we continue creating stories that inspire.
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CV
Oscar Leiva marinero - multimedia producer - documentary photographer - journalist
education
Graduate in Communications and Journalism. Central American University “José Simeón Cañas” UCA. 2004
Scholarship winner at the 10th International Photojournalism Meeting, City of Gijón, Spain. Photography workshops with focus on Historical MEMORY. led by Javier Bauluz, Pullitzer Prize winner for photography, Spain. 2006
Photojournalism Seminar with Essdras M. Suarez, winner of the 2000 Pullitzer Prize, photojournalist for the American Newspaper Boston Globe. 2009.
Coverage in Crisis Situations Workshop taught by Donna DeCesare, Dart Center, with the support of the United States Embassy El Salvador. 2011.
Documentary Photography Workshop with Susan Meiselas, Latitudes Foundation sponsored by the United States Embassy in El Salvador. 2017.
LANGUAJES
English (as a second languaGe. BRITISH SCHOOL 1984 - 1997)
Spanish (nATIVE)
WORK EXPERIENCE
El faro.net
Journalist 2001 covering economics, culture, politics
La Prensa gráficA
2003 - 2011
Photojournalist, multimedia journalist
Silverlight photo & video
2011 - 2025
multimedia producer, director of photography - documentary photography - journalism
canon creators
inspiring photographer for canon latinamerica - 2024
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Winner in Latinas in Coffee 2024 Photography Contest (10 regional winners)
2nd place Stories in Motion Contest, Doctors of the World El Salvador. 2023.
1st place at the Feed the Future 2022 Photo Contest for from the U.S. Government's Global Hunger & Food Security Initiative.
1 Place Regional Documentary Photography Award from the General Secretariat of the Central American Integration System. 2016.
1st place Award for Journalistic Excellence in Environmental Social Responsibility.
British American Tobacco. 2010
1 place in the 8th International Black and White Photography Contest Save the Children 2012
2Place, third Palmarés Photography Prize 2011 contest
3 Place, second Prize Winners of Photography Contest 2010
3rd Place, first Palmarés Photography Contest 2009
Recognition of photojournalistic work in favor of Human Rights. IDHUCA. 2011.
1 of the 12 Winners of the "Our Greater Rights" contest, from the Secretary of Social Inclusion, 2012.
EXHIBITIONS:
Images from El Salvador and Latin America. University of Poitiers, France. 2019.
Itinerant Photography Exhibition: The Memory of Las Luciérnagas 2017.
EL SALVADOR NEEDS: World Bank campaign at the Mars Museum in El Salvador. 2015.
Exhibition 17 objectives for a Better Country, UNDP. National Palace of El Salvador.
October 25 to November 24, 2019.
CuscatlAn Park Exhibition: AFTERMATH OF THE COVID 19 pandemic. Salarrué National Exhibition Hall.
From December 19, 2020 to April 4, 2021.
CLIENT PORTFOLIO:
UNICEF, UNDP, ONUMUJERES, WHO/PAHO, EDUCO FOUNDATION, CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES, LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF, USAID, CICR, BCIE, BANCO MUNDIAL, LIVISTO, UNIGLOBAL, ADIMEX, EFE AGENCY, LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION, OIRSA, GLORIA KRIETE FOUNDATION, WHOLE CHILD INTERNATIONA, AGRISAL, ASAPROSAR, BELCO, PMA, PROVIDA.
