Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1944, Paz Errázuriz began her career in the 1970s, photographing marginal communities under Augusto Pinochet’s military dictatorship. Through her B&W portraits, she denounced the authoritarian regime (curfews, persecutions, arrests) and restored visibility to individuals whom society dared not look upon. Co-founder of the Association of Independent Photographers in 1981, she has received numerous awards for her work, including the Ansel Adams Prize in 1995, PHotoEspaña in 2015 and the Prix de la Photo Madame Figaro - Arles, with the support of Kering and its program Women In Motion in 2017.

Her work exhibited both in Chile and internationally - notably at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015, at the Rencontres de la photographie in Arles in 2017 and at the Barbican Gallery, London in 2018 - can be found in the collections of major international institutions, including Tate Modern in London or MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York.

Paz Errázuriz currently lives and works in Santiago, Chile. She is represented in France by galerie mor charpentier.