Bear's images, photo essays, and multimedia stories have been published widely by outlets including Orion Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, On Earth Magazine, Texas Monthly, Virginia Quarterly Review, BBC's "The World", Seed Magazine, National Public Radio, Guernica Magazine, The Sun, and others. Bear has worked closely with non-governmental organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), Foundation for a New Water Culture (FNCA), and the Children's Environmental Health Institute (CEHI).
In the fall of 2009, Bear had his first solo exhibition, Postcards from Invisible Cities: Photographs 2005-2009, in Austin, TX, and in December 2009, Bear was named "Artist of the Year - Photography" by the Austin Visual Arts Association (Austin, TX). He is also a contributing member of the Via-Visuals Photo Agency.
In 2009, he was also a finalist for Johns Hopkins University's International Reporting Project Fellowship, and in 2008 he was the recipient of a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grant for a project on coca farmers in Bolivia. His photo essay on the grass-roots opposition to La Parota Dam (Mexico, 2006) was exhibited in the 2008 International World Exhibition in Zaragoza, Spain. This work will also be featured throughout 2009-2010 in a traveling exhibition organized by the Foundation for a New Water Culture (FNCA), and is included in the book Aguas, Rios, y Pueblos (FNCA, 2009).
Other recent recognitions have come from the Magenta Foundation (Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2007, honorable mention); The Santa Fe Center for Photography (2007), The Golden Light Awards (2006 & 2004); American Photography 21 (2006) & 24 (2009); Shots Magazine (Documentary Issue #92); and The Society of Publication Designers (2005).
Bear and his wife, journalist Ruxandra Guidi, are currently based in San Francisco's Bay Area. They, and other journalists and storytellers, also collaborate under the name Fonografia Collective to produce local and international multimedia stories about human rights & social issues. Visit Fonografia Collective at: www.fonografiacollective.com
All Work © 2010 Roberto (Bear) Guerra