About

Paola Vivas is a Mexican photographer based in Mexico City, working across portraiture, fashion, lifestyle, documentary, and architectural photography. Originally from southern Mexico, she spent 14+ years living and studying in London at the University of the Arts London, developing her practice while maintaining an ongoing connection between Mexico, the UK, and Europe.
Her work is grounded in community, representation, and visibility, exploring the intersections between people, space, and environment. In recent years, she has focused on hospitality, architecture, and curated lifestyle projects, examining how spatial design, material culture, and the experience of food shape intimacy, identity, and interpersonal relationships within lived environments.
In 2022, Paola published her first monograph, Espacio Latino, which showcases how Latinos create and claim space as individuals while shedding light on the challenges faced by the Latin population in the UK. In late 2022, she launched her fanzine Chulas, celebrating organic, unproduced photography, Mexican beauty, and the long-term creative relationships that emerge from sustained collaborations. Through this work, she highlights compelling voices within an underrepresented community, aiming to increase recognition and visibility. Inspired by these conversations and her commitment to representation, she launched Directorio.Global in late 2021, a platform designed to amplify Latin creative talent, provide fair opportunities, and foster a supportive network within the community.
In parallel with her photographic practice, Paola is developing multiple personal projects including her first feature film, Las Amazonas, a deeply personal project connected to her roots that follows a team of female softball players in southern Mexico, challenging conventional ideas about female representation, agency, and influence within their community and her second book to be released at the end of 2026.
​Paola’s podcast episode on Female Gaze for Dior Talks is available here.
​Paola is currently part of Thursday Child and her archives are available for licensing at Kintzing

Selected titles & clients include:

Monocle, Konfekt, i-D, Harrods, Rejina Pyo, Refinery29, Fruity Booty, Wool and the Gang, Sunday Times, Puss Puss Magazine, Rollacoaster, Models.com, Notion, Schön!, Wonderland, Boys by Girls, Client Magazine, Violet Book, Jane by the Grey Attic, The Standard Hotel, The Telegraph, The Design Museum, The Barbican Museum, The British Museum, Raindance Festival, Diet Paratha, Tatiana Bilbao, Ome Studio,Fernanda Canales, Maye Ruz, Dior, Sánchez-Kane, Airbnb, Lonely Planet, Don Julio, T Magazine, The New York Times, ODDA, Vogue México, The Guardian, Vogue Italia, Rita’s London,Quarter Kitchen, Wild Farmed, Decimo Restaurant, Pidgin, among others.

MEX:
Vogue Mex & Latinamerica, Travesías, Life and Style, Elle Mx, L'officiel MX, , Dna Magazine, MEOW, Percha Magazine, DIOR (MEX), Sanchez-Kane, Out of Comfort, Serpentine, Cruzada, Loona, SCENT

US, EUROPE, WORLDWIDE:

DIOR (FR), The New York Times, (US) T Magazine (US) Vogue (IT) ODDA (IT)Purple (FR), Bec and Bridge (AUS), Metal magazine (ES) Fuucking Young (ES) Lula (JP), Nylon (JP) Indie Magazine (GER)
UK
Monocle, Konfekt, i-D, Harrods, Rejina Pyo, Refinery29, Fruity Booty, Wool and the Gang, Sunday Times, Sunday Puss Puss magazine, Rollacoaster, Models.com, Notion, Schon, Wonderland, Boys by GirlsClient Magazine, Violet book, Jane by the Grey Attic, The Standard Hotel, The Telegraph, The Design Museum, The Barbican Museum, The British Museum, Raindance Festival, Diet Paratha, Rita’s London, Quarter Kitchen, Wild Farmed, Decimo restaurant, Pidgin.


Exposure
Electric pussy, CDMX; Mex,2015
Superflex community at Tate Modern, London, Uk 2017.
Photo Paris with Dior, Paris, Fr 2018.
Borders, CDMX. Mex 2018.
Embracing stillness, Humble Arts, 2021.
Female in focus, Green Space, Miami 2021
Female in focus, BJP Award, Uk 2022
Latinx party at the Barbican Centre, London 2023
U us for Unity by Thursdays Child, Photobook Cafe, UK 2025


Selected press
United
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