ESHA CHIOCCHIO

About Esha Chiocchio

Esha Chiocchio is a visual artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico who is passionate about environmental conservation, sustainable communities, and the preservation of traditional wisdom. Her work celebrates committed individuals who collaborate to protect and restore the land.Esha hopes her photographs will raise awareness of our universal role as stewards of the earth.National Geographic recently named her a National Geographic Explorer, supporting her documentation of the restoration of the Lordsburg Playa grasslands in Southwest New Mexico.In 2022, Esha received the Environmental Award from CENTER for Good Earth, a multimedia project on regenerative agriculture. An exhibition of award winners is on view through November, 2023 at the Turchin Center for the Arts, Appalachia State University in Boone, NC.

Education

Master of Arts, Sustainable Communities, Goddard College, 2013
The Eddie Adams Workshop, participant 2002
Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, operations/course assistant/work-study 2000-2001
Peace Corps Volunteer, Mali, West Africa, 1997-1999
BA in Anthropology and French, University of Colorado, 1996

Awards

Center, Environmental Award, 2022
The FENCE Santa Fe, 2017
PDN Taste, Grand Prize Winner, 2016
PDN 30 Emerging Photographers, 2004

Grants

National Geographic Explorer, storyteller grant, 2023
New Mexico Department of Agriculture Healthy Soil Program, photo grant, 2022
New Mexico Department of Agriculture Healthy Soil Program, photo grant, 2020