2021 | Postnature and Contemporary Creation Course, Institute for Postnatural Studies (online)
2016 | Master Course in Edition, Production and Distribution of Photobooks, School.
Blank Paper. Madrid
1999 | Artistic Photography Course with Ecuadorian photographer Pepe Avilés, Centro de la Imagen, Quito, Ecuador
1997-98 | MA in Anthropology, Environment and Cultural Studies, focusing on Latin America in the 19th and 20th Centuries. ILAS (Institute of Latin American Studies), University of London, UK. Final Thesis: Indigenous response to oil development in the Peruvian Amazon.
1995 | Black-and-White Analog Photography Course, EFTI, Madrid

2025 | The Book of Sand, ALCULTURA – Contemporary Creation Center, Algeciras
2024 | A River Is Not a River, Sinnari House, Cairo, Egypt. Text by Farida Yusef
2023–2024 | A River Is Not a River, Casa Árabe, Madrid and Córdoba venues. Curated by Blanca de la Torre
2023 | A River is not a River, Casa Árabe, Madrid (Autumn Exhibition).
The Book of Sand, Diaz Caneja Foundation, Palencia.
2022 | The Book of Sand, Cabo Mayor Lighthouse Art Center, Santander (Autumn Exhibition).
2020 | The Book of Sand, El Águila Hall, HACER Forum, PHOTOESPAÑA and Ministry of Culture of the Community of Madrid, Official Section, Madrid.
The Book of Sand. Photobook presentation and video projection. Montenmedio Contemporánea NMAC Foundation, Vejer de la Frontera, Cádiz.
2019 | Invisible Women. Santa Maca Gallery. Section off PHOTOALICANTE, Alicante.
Portraits of a new Greece. Casa Mediterráneo. Official Section PHOTOALICANTE, Alicante.
2018 | Portraits of a new Congo. Patio del Tesoro, University of Castilla La Mancha, Toledo.
2017 | Portraits of a new Congo. National Museum of Anthropology, Madrid.
A Solar Revelation… Fúcares Gallery, Almagro, Ciudad Real.
Portraits of a new Congo. Embassy of Spain in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
2012 | Neovanitas. Nando Argüelles Gallery, Cádiz.
Portraits of a New Yemen. Embassy of Spain in Sanaa, Yemen.
2011 | Neovanitas. Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Madrid.

2025 | La Cometa Gallery, Madrid
2024–2025 | Conciencia2, Naves de Gamazo, Santander (ENAIRE Foundation)
2022 | Misión Región, Sala El Águila, Madrid | (Counter) Nature, APERTURA, Málaga
2021 | Best Photography Books of the Year, PHE Gallery, PHotoESPAÑA 21
2020 | Climate Crisis in 50 Rounds, Photobook Festival, Oslo, Norway | Photobook Week, Aarhus, Denmark
2019 | Ecovisionaries, Ministry of Development, Madrid | ARCO Art Fair, ENAIRE Foundation Booth, Madrid
2018 | S.M.A.R.T. Paths Toward Sustainability, Royal Botanical Garden, Madrid, Official Selection PHotoESPAÑA | Evolucionarios, Instituto Cervantes, Madrid, Official Selection PHotoESPAÑA | COSMOS Arles Books, Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, France
2017 | ZoneZero Labs Web Gallery, Pedro Meyer Foundation, Mexico
2016 | Cosecha 2016, La Central Bookshop, Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid
2013 | EXIT Gallery, Adolfo Domínguez Foundation, Madrid
2011 | Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Girona

2024 | Article “Different Perspectives on the Same River” by Gloria Crespo Maclennan, Babelia (El País) / Interview on Efecto Doppler with Esther Ferrero about A River Is Not a River (Radio 3)
2023 | PHOTOPOCOCENE Podcast, Episode 36 https://go.ivoox.com/rf/103319968 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QaHyyRHLKVXcfrNcNazeM?si=yBt-vnu_Rb6bd8_sOfGXIw
Enjeux Écologiques de Líndustrie du sable, LA REVUE nº 4, A/H 2022
Sobre Tumbas y Nobles, Photoessay in El País Semanal.
2022 | The Untamed Dune, Interview in Lur https://e-lur.net/maria-primo/
2021 | Murmurs of the great moving dune, Photoessay in EL PAIS SEMANAL.
2020 | The Book of Sand selected in the List of the Best Photography Books of 2020, BABELIA of EL PAIS.
The Book of Sand in RNE. Interview by Ana Morente in LA RADIO TIENE OJOS.
LA VANGUARDIA. Article about the presentation of the photobook at the NMAC Foundation.
2019 | Interview Radio 5, RNE, El Mundo desde las Casas.
2018 | La Hora Cervantes RTVE 24HRS.
AINT-BAD Magazine . Article about A Solar Revelation…

2025 | Artist residency at Villa Bergerie (September–October), with the support of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation
2023 | “Occupied Spaces” Program, Instituto Cervantes: exhibition A River Is Not a River in Cairo
2022 | Recipient of the grant from the Madrid City Council’s Program of Grants for Creation.
2021 | Artist residency in Luxor, Egypt.
Award to the best photography book of the year – selected for the self-published category – PHOTOESPAÑA 21.
2020 | HACER, PHOTOESPAÑA 21. Winning project by open call.
FOTOBOOK FESTIVAL OSLO, Selected in International Open Call for Planet Earth.
Photobook Week Aarhus (PWA) _ Selected
2019 | Recipient of the grant from the Madrid City Council’s Creation Grants Program.
2018 | ENAIRE Foundation Photography Award (second prize).
AINT BAD_ selected work
2017 | Zone Zero Labs _ Selected
2016 | Artist Residency in Kinshasa (DRC) organized by the Spanish Embassy in DRC.
2012 | Artist Residency in Sanaa (Yemen) organized by the Spanish Embassy in Yemen.
2010 | Nikon Photo Contest _ Finalist.

2025 | Tutor and Curator, AKISI Artist Residency, Zanzibar, Tanzania
2025 | Project Management and Direction, LABORATORIO ECUA Project, Quito / Amazonia, Ecuador (www.labecuamazonia.com
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2025 | Cyanotype Workshop, Primary School, Guiyero, Waorani Territory, Ecuador
2024 | Cyanotype Workshop, School of Arts and Design, Córdoba, Spain
2023 | Inclusive workshop on Art and Nature: Creation of cyanotypes in the Carrión River. Díaz Caneja Foundation, Palencia.
Master Class at TAI University School of Arts, Madrid.
Workshop on Photography of Architecture and Interiors, European Institute of Design (IED), Madrid.
2022 | Workshop at APERTURA
2021 | ARCO (International Contemporary Art Fair) Presentation of The Book of Sand in the Speakers Corner program at ARTS LIBRIS
Portfolio viewing to Women artists from Alexandria, Shelter Art Space (Egypt)
How to survive as a photographer, presentation at PHOTOPIA CAIRO photography school, (Egypt)
Practical interior photography workshop in Luxor, (Egypt)
PHotoESPAÑA Santander. Presentation of The Book of Sand at the Gil Bookstore.
UFCA (Colectivo Fotográfico Algeciras), Presentation of The Book of Sand.
2020 | Seminar Art, Photography and ecology: the role of the artist as an agent of social change, Master PHOTOESPAÑA and Alcobendas City Council. Madrid.
OBJETIVO MEDITERRÁNEO. CASA MÉDITERRÁNEO. Meeting with photographer María Primo, moderated by Gertrud Gómez. Online.
TALKING BOOKS II: PHOTOBOOK MARKET FEVER. Online.
FORUM PHOTOESPAÑA/CAM. TALKING. María Primo The book of Sand. Online.
Seminar Workshop MANO DE MUJERES, Coordinated by Gema Pastor. Carlos III University, Madrid. Online.
Jury and tutor of the Young Photography Award of Enaire Foundation in JustMad. Madrid
2019 | Meeting with photographers at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante within the PHOTOALICANTE festival.
Jury and tutor of the Young Photography Award of Enaire Foundation in JustMad. Madrid
2013 | NYU (New York University) Paris, Conference
2010 | VIP guide of the EARTH exhibition of the PRIX PICTET award, Madrid.
2009 | San Francisco University, Quito (Ecuador) _ Editorial photography workshops.

National Museum of Anthropology (Spain)
ENAIRE Foundation
Regional Archive of the Community of Madrid
New York Public Library
H.E.F. Collection
Ewa Art Collection (Miami)
U.F.C.A.
Sara Navarro Collection

2025 | The Homeopathic Institute and Hospital of San José, Color Photographs. Project Editing and Direction; design: underbau; text: Mireia Puigventós; printing: Palermo
2023 | A River Is Not a River, Exhibition Catalogue. Text by Blanca de la Torre; design by Diego Lara
2022 | The Book of Sand, Postcard Catalogue; design by Carmen Quijano
2020 | The Book of Sand, Photobook. Edited by Guillermo Paneque; design by underbau (450 copies)
2018 | Why Roman Basins I and II?, Self-published (50 copies)

Since 2002, she has collaborated with international magazines and corporate photography books.