Born in Mexico City in 1997, Manuel Bayo Gisbert is a photographer and filmmaker working between journalism and art, focusing on systemic violence and its relationship with the history of Mexico.
After surviving kidnapping and torture in 2020, he began documenting grave human rights violations in Mexico through collaborative and intimate processes. His ongoing project A Solid Home explores enforced disappearance and state terrorism in Mexico through still and moving images.
In 2025, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Award for Best Overall Photography for his New York Times op-ed “Looking for the Missing People of Mexico.” His projects have also been adapted into several New York Times op-eds.
His work has been exhibited internationally, including a solo exhibition at the Rayburn House Office Building of the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. (2024), organized by Amnesty International, Global Exchange, and the National Security Archive. ECOS, his first major exhibition in Mexico, showcased his work alongside pieces by Graciela Iturbide and Musuk Nolte.
He recently completed post-production of his first documentary film, "I Remember."
