Isabelle Carbonell is a documentary filmmaker and photographer whose determination to give a voice to the voiceless has driven her to document political and social injustices around the world. When filming, she becomes her environment - sleeping, eating, and breathing with those she is focusing on; transcending the divide between observer and subject easily while still remaining objective. With all the ambitions of an artist, she also employs her rigorous academic training as a researcher to produce an in-depth reportage. As a result, her films and photos reveal a deeply complex social understanding while still offering an exquisite artistic vision.

Unique in her perspectives and methods, she also comes from a wide cultural background as half-Belgian and half-Uruguayan. Based out of Washington D.C., she graduated from the Residential College at the University of Michigan with degrees in Environmental and Social Science, Photography and Filmmaking. Her skills have taken her to countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Vietnam, the Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Argentina.