Ricardo Carrasco

Ricardo Carrasco Stuparich (born 1965) is a Chilean photographer, best known for nature and travel photography of South America.

Born in Santiago, Chile in 1965 from a family of artists and musicians, Ricardo Aleide Carrasco Stuparich started in nature photography at an early age at his family farm in Santa Cruz de Cuca near the town of Quinchamali. Using a Soviet-Russian 35 mm camera and handmade extension tubes he then experimented in macro photography. This led to his first published article by a major publication, Geomundo, about the praying mantis, in his early teens.

In 1983 he studied photography and video production at the Arcis Institute in Santiago.

Over the years, Carrasco traveled extensively through Chile, compiling a collection. His interest in mountain climbing and kayaking and constant travels led to numerous articles and a permanent engagement with the Sunday magazine of Chile's El Mercurio newspaper, from 1986 to 1990.

In 1991 Ricardo Carrasco moved to the city of Valdivia, in Southern Chile. He published a book about the Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary (Spanish: Santuario de la naturaleza Carlos Anwandter), a protected wetland in Cruces River about 15 km north of Valdivia.

By 2000, he moved to the city of Chillan and started collaborating extensively with Americas Magazine, a bimonthly publication by the Organization of American States (OAS), with the Spanish language edition of National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, and Traveler Magazine (UKLA), among others.

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