Musuk Nolte

Photographer and Editor

Biography 

Musuk Nolte (b.1988) is a photographer and editor born in Mexico City, Mexico. His work combines documentary and artistic photography to explore social issues, including memory and environmental degradation. He frequently collaborates with communities and cultures from the Andean and Amazonian regions.

Nolte holds a degree in professional photography with a specialization in contemporary photography. His work has been recognized in numerous competitions and he has received various fellowships and grants, such as Magnum Foundation’s Emergency Fund (2017), The Elliott Erwitt HC7 Fellowship (2017), Vital Impacts Grant (2022), the Bertha Foundation Fellowship (2022) and finalist of the Discovery Award at the Rencontres d’Arles (2025). Currently is a National Geographic Explorer.

He has published eight books and is founder and director of KWY Ediciones, an independent publishing house for visual narratives by Latin American authors.

Photos: Droughts in the Amazon

The Amazon River is experiencing record low-water levels due to severe drought intensified by climate change. This ecological crisis threatens biodiversity, disrupts ecosystems, and impacts local communities reliant on rivers for survival. As droughts intensify, many settlers face the difficult choice of abandoning their land and livelihoods for urban areas, changing the social fabric of this region permanently. This project makes the effects of climate change, which can so often be abstract or difficult to represent, appear as a tangible and concrete reality shaping the futures of vulnerable communities closely connected with the natural world.