Photographer and filmmaker
▶ DISPATCH — DONETSK REGION, SEPT 2025
Witness to
the front line.
Ximena Borrazas documents armed conflict, migration and humanitarian crisis — from Kyiv to Beirut to the Mediterranean.
▶ BIOGRAPHY
Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1992 — now based in Barcelona. Ximena documents armed conflict, displacement and human rights violations at close range.
Her photographs sit between testimony and history: the aftermath of bombings in Beirut, the funerals and front lines of Ukraine, the crossings of the Mediterranean — work made to be remembered, not just seen.
Through a quiet yet powerful visual language, Ximena captures the human stories behind global crises, focusing on resilience, loss, and the lives shaped by conflict. Each frame becomes a record of moments that risk being forgotten, preserving the voices and experiences of those caught in the center of history.
COVERAGE LOG
Ukraine — 2022 / ongoing
Lebanon & Syria — 2024 / 2025
Tigray, Ethiopia
Mediterranean Sea & Canary Islands
Morocco earthquake — 2023
Queen Elizabeth II — state funeral, 2022
▶ FIELD REPORTS
Selected stories from the front.
▶ KHERSON, UKRAINE — FEB 2023
Antonivskyi Bridge, seen from the Ukrainian-controlled side.
▶ DAHIYE, BEIRUT — NOV 2024
Mourning amid the ruins after the ceasefire.
▶ KYIV — AUG 2025
Flag Day, three years into the war.
▶ BEIRUT, LEBANON — NOV 2024
The last Israeli airstrike on Beirut, hours before the ceasefire took effect.
▶ MOVING IMAGE
Filmmaking
Documentary film work extending the same conflicts and crises captured in stills — longer-form testimony from the same front lines.
▶ IN PRINT
Press & recognition
Published, commissioned and exhibited by National Geographic, The Guardian, BBC, CNN, AP and others — and by UNHCR, UNESCO and IOM.
▶ THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Close to the story, by necessity.
XIMENA BORRAZAS — BARCELONA, 2025
"My work focuses on documenting armed conflicts, migration, humanitarian crises and human rights violations."
Born
Montevideo, Uruguay · 1992
Field
Conflict & documentary
Ximena's photographs sit between testimony and history — from the funerals and front lines of Ukraine to the aftermath in Beirut and the migrant crossings of the Mediterranean. Her work has been published, commissioned and exhibited internationally.
XIMENA · BORRAZAS
Photographer & documentary filmmaker. Available for assignment, commission and licensing inquiries worldwide.
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