Based in southern Spain, Cecilia Bogaard works as a freelance photographer. Her primary interest lies in photo-journalism/ documentary photography.

She is working as director of www.tertuliaandaluza.com in Spain: a resource for information about Andalucía, a point of contact for artists, and a place for people to discuss many of the issues facing Andalucía, including immigration, tourism, over-development and lack of water.

Cecilia Bogaard has a background in Social Anthropology and graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art Photography department. She worked as teacher, curator and photographer with the Department of Juvenile Justice in Maryland, USA, teaching a group of nine at-risk and committed girls to use cameras and express themselves in images. She is looking to work on similar projects, believing in the power of images as a means of self-expression.