Patricio MICHELIN (1980) is an Argentinian (of northern Italy and southern Ukrainian roots) editorial and documentary photographer based in Barcelona. 

After his degree in Physics at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was drawn into photography. He believes in self-taught education, mainly because feelings and emotions cannot be transmitted. 

Nevertheless, he attended workshops with well-known photographers and award winning photographers as Walter Astrada and Jodi Bieber, Magnum portfolio lecture at VISA pour l’image, Photo España and Rencontres D’Arles photo festivals.

He is interested in documentary photography as a tool to show a personal vision of his inner soul.

Photography is a “window” and “mirror” of himself. Patricio began his free-lance career mid 2013. He was selected by HUMANA Spain, in Barcelona to photograph its projects and helping them to promote over the peninsula. The result led to exhibitions, presentations and discussions in cultural centers, town halls and libraries in Catalonia, Madrid, Galicia and southern Spain. He has exhibited in galleries and festivals in Lyon, Marseille, Grenoble, Sète (France), San Antonio (US) as well as Barcelona and Revela-T, one of the first European analog photographic festivals.

During the pandemic he became a web developer and web designer. He is fluent in Spanish and French (both mother tongues). Has a masters in English. Speaks fluent Italian and lastly started learning Ukrainian in 2022. When he is not doing photography, he enjoys mountain hiking, climbing, playing tennis or relaxing in the sun reading.