Julio Etchart

documentary photographer

visual journalist

Anoushka Shankar playing the sitar at a festival

The late Freddy Mercury singing with Queen at Wembley stadium in the 1980s

The late Amy Winehouse at Glastonbury Festival

Bajofondo tango club performing in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The legendary Omara Portuondo, of Buena Vista Social Club fame, at the Royal Albert Hall in London

Singer Seu Jorge, from 'City of God' fame, performing in Rio, Brazil

Cuban drummers playing in Havana

The late tango legend Astor Piazzola in one of his last live concerts in Paris

Chango Spasiuk playing in Rosario, Argentina

The late Cesaria Evora, from Cape Verde, rehearsing at WOMAD festival

Fatoumata Diawara of Mali, singing in New York

Salsa dancers backstage during a concert in Colombia

The late Argentinian diva Mercedes Sosa on her last European tour

The late Guajiro Mirabal from Buena Vista Social Club playing in Cuba

Eliades Ochoa playing at a Buena Vista Social Club world tour

Oscar-winner Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler performing live at the Cadogan Hall in London

music of the world

My grandmother was a music teacher who taught me many melodies. As a teenager I had a great time playing guitar and electric bass in a rock and blues band, which gave me a foretaste of stage dynamics.

I have since been photographing performing arts, and regularly take commissions from recording labels, PR and touring agencies, promoters and magazines to cover live musical events, festivals, dance and theatre.