Photo by Jacob Moscovitch.     Collections  Whitney...
Photo by Jacob Moscovitch.

Collections
Whitney Museum of American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art Special Collections Library
Museum of Modern Art Artists' Books Collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists' Books Collection
Bronx Documentary Center      
Center for Puerto Rican Studies, City University of New York       
Colección Puertorriqueña, University of Puerto Rico     
10x10 Photobooks      
PhMuseum Lab


Currently based between New Haven, CT & Puerto Rico 
Available for assignments + commissions globally. 
💌 gnbr818@gmail.com
Languages: English / Spanish


Gabriella (they/them) is a queer visual artist, documentary storyteller, and diarist based between New Haven, CT and San Juan, Puerto Rico. They focus on documenting intimate subjects: grief, mental health, family relations of the queer community, sex work, and the relationship between sexuality, depression, and the body. Their work is raw and personal. They have been published in National Geographic, TIME, The New York Times, and The Nation, among others. Their work has been exhibited in festivals and mayor museums around the globe.

In 2019 they was selected to participate in The New York Times Portfolio Review, The New York Times Student Journalism Institute, the Visura.co Mentorship/Residency in New York, the Program of Independent Studies of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, 20Fotógrafos Atitlán, and the Women Photograph Mentorship Program. In 2020 they became a trained death doula, a Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow and Grantee, an IWMF Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists Grantee, and a Women Photograph + Nikon Grantee. Early 2021 they were selected as a finalist in the inaugural NOOR Stanley Greene Fellowship & Legacy Prize.

In 2022 they published their first photo book La gente deprimida tiene sexo sucio y ganas de morir with the independent Colombian publisher Raya Editorial. This book has been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art Library (MoMA) and the Whitney Museum of American Art Library's Special Collection. Their installation in the group exhibition no existe mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, New York was acquired for the museum's permanent collection in 2023.

In May 2023, they exhibited their first solo show soy yo quien te ama y te duele at the independent gallery El Lobi in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Gabriella is currently working towards their MFA in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art in New Haven, CT.
Awards / Mentorships / Fellowships / Grants
2023 Foam Paul Huf Award, Nominee
2022 Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer, Nominee
2021 The Everyday Projects Grant, Finalist
2021 NOOR Stanley Greene Fellowship & Legacy Prize, Finalist
2021 Pictures of the Year LATAM, The Nuestra Mirada Award, Honorable Mention
2020 Magnum Foundation Global Covid Projects, Grantee
2020 PHmuseum Women Photographers Grant, Main Prize Honorable Mention
2020 Overseas Press Club Anual Competition, Photo Essay First Prize
2020 Women Photograph + Nikon Grants, Grantee
2020 World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent, Nominee
2020 Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, Grantee
2020 Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship, Fellow
2019-2020 Women Photograph Mentorship Program, Mentee
2019 Women Photograph Workshop, Portfolio Review Award
2019 Teodoro Torres Award in Photo Essay, Association of Puerto Rican Photojournalists, Honorable Mention
2019 Visura Mentorship/Residency Program, Recipient
2019 Portfolio Review Award, Photographic Museum of Humanity Grant, PH Museum Education Program
2019 Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship, Shortlisted Participant
2019 The New York Times Portfolio Review, Selected Participant
2018-2020 Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship, Research Fellow
2017 Association of Puerto Rican Photojournalists Anual Competition, Student Photographer of the Year
2017 José Ismael Fernández Photojournalism Scholarship, Recipient

Gabriella N. Báez

Gabriella is a documentary photographer based between San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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