Their Only Portrait

Federico Cabrera left his career in Foreign Trade to follow his passion for photography. So far Fede had been on the road for 6 years with his little personal project called "Their Only Portrait", riding more than 30.000 kilometers, donating 500+ printed portraits, and 350 solar lamps & water filters through South America (Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Argentina).
A decade ago, while he was exploring Peru & Bolivia, Federico was heartbroken by many tourists taking photos of local people as if they’re in a "human safari" (without showing any respect to their subjects) but it was even worse when he found out several of those local people didn’t have a single family photo; so he decided to carry a portable photography studio on his bike to make, print, and give away portraits to families who  otherwise won’t ever have a family portrait.

Later when he was riding at Northern Argentina (2015), he realized many families didn't have access to clean drinkable water (unfortunately 1,000,000 people die  due to water contamination every year) or electricity (1.3 billion don’t have access to electricity), so nowadays Fede is giving away water filters & solar lamps, too.

Early 2020 he arrived back home coming from Venezuela, the place in South America where assisstance is needed the most at the moment. Even during the pandemic Fede donated solar lamps, printed portraits and water turbines to generate electricity - and he’s planning to return with more donations.