http://www.lightstalkers.org/hugoinfante I was born on October 19, 1972, at Santiago, Chile, in the middle of a dying socialist govermment, wich marked a madness followed by a total repression against the opositors of the new military govermment. I saw in the photography a great passion, ended parcialy during his enrollment as journalism student in the private Bernardo O*Higgins University. In 1993, I joined to La Tercera neewspaper -the largest newspaper in Chile with a national circulation- as a crime reporter. After one year, I was assigned to night shift as a crime reporter too. In 1999, I was named Night Shift Editor. Four years later, was named Sunday Edition editor, position that he left in February of 2004 to enroll as a photographer and writer (spanish service) for United Press International (UPI), in Baghdad, Irak. I stayed during four months in Irak, shooting pictures in cities like Baghdad, Fallujah and Najef. Also worked as a freelance for the chilean newspaper, a norway magazine, BBC Mundo (columnist) and photographer for EFE, spanish news agency. My work has been published in Newsweek (en Español), Stern Magazine (Germany), New York Post, L.A. Times, London Times and the magazines and newspapers in Chile. I am a photographer for Polaris, based in New York, USA. Also, a contributor for BBC Mundo and teacher in the two private colleges in Chile. en-us