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Dr. Beatriz Eugenia Malagón Girón, originally from Colombia and a naturalized Mexican citizen, has lived in Mexico since 1973. She holds a degree in Anthropology from the National School of Anthropology and History and earned a Master’s in Visual Arts from the Academy of San Carlos. For over a decade, she has focused her research on expressive solutions in photography, exploring techniques such as tapestry, engraving, and lithography in her quest for new artistic languages. She has participated in various collective and individual exhibitions.

In 1998, she obtained a PhD in Art History from the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UNAM, and since then, her research has focused on the history of photography in Mexico during the 19th century, with a particular emphasis on the Porfiriato.

Since 1988, she has been a member of the academic staff in the Division of Sciences and Arts for Design at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, where she taught photography workshops for the Graphic Communication Design degree. During her career at UAM, she published a collection of six textbooks on basic black-and-white and color photography, two of which received the textbook award from the University’s Rectory.

In 2013, she was honored with the research award from UAM for her book Winfield Scott: Portrait of an American Photographer during the Porfiriato.