Nuria Puentes
""And then one day I learned to understand the light, and my way of seeing things changed forever.""
Núria Puentes studied Audiovisual Production and Shows at the Barcelona School of Audiovisual Media (EMAV).
She began her professional career in 2000 in the photography department of El Periódico de Catalunya, where she worked as a photo editor and photographer. After being a staff member for several years, she continued to contribute to the publication until 2018.
In 2005, she joined National Geographic Traveler magazine as a photo editor. After two years in the newsroom, she began working as a freelance photographer, which allowed her to travel and develop her own photo essays published in the same magazine. Since then, she has also collaborated with other media outlets such as National Geographic History, Diario Público, and Lecturas, as well as with institutions like the Catalan Tourism Board (Turisme de la Generalitat de Catalunya).
Since 2019 he has worked for the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council, a project he continues to develop today.
In 2024 she joined National Geographic Spain as a collaborating photographer, where she published her first report on the archaeological sites of La Almoloya and La Bastida, in Murcia.
Throughout her career she has produced numerous reports and covers for National Geographic Traveler, National Geographic History and El Periódico de Catalunya, and in 2023 she was the author of the Formentera Special Calendar for National Geographic Traveler.
He recently completed the photographic and aerial filming of the completion of the Tower of Jesus at the Sagrada Familia for National Geographic Spain and internationally, resulting in 3 Spanish covers and 13 international covers.
