Email: Alfredo Sosa
Alfredo Sosa is the The Christian Science Monitor’s photography director. Born in Venezuela, he moved to California in the 1980s where he earned a BFA in photography, a passion that he has had since childhood. Subsequently, he found his way to the east coast where he pursued an MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design. He has lived with his family in the Ocean State since then. He joined the Monitor in 1997.
As head of a small team of Monitor photojournalists, Alfredo frequently heads out into the field himself. His travels have taken him through most of North and South America.
Some standout reporting trips abroad have taken him – and readers – to the Chilean desert, the Peruvian Andes, and Mexico’s pre-Columbian sites. But many of his favorite stories have been in the United States, bringing readers along with him to the top of a fire lookout tower in Montana, into the complex world of cattle rustling in the Oklahoma panhandle, and into a state of the art forensic lab in Houston.
The irony of studying fine art and working as a journalist has not escaped him, but 25 years following journalistic ethics have basically wiped out any impulse to make things up. One thing that has remained constant is his desire to tell stories through the visual medium. This is what motivates, inspires and keeps him coming to work bright and early.
Alfredo has a passion for travel, food and cycling. On a good day he combines them all.
Stories by Alfredo Sosa
- Cover Story These migrants bound for the US border found their dream opportunity in Mexico
- Europe burns wood pellets. Impacts rise for US communities, forests.
- It’s not just the sunshine: Why Portugal attracts US expats
- Northeast wind projects notch a win, despite industry struggles
- ‘Small stories’ add up to big impact
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