Tom Laffay

Filmmaker / visual journalist dedicated to justice in our Americas. “Menos palabras, mas camino.”

[Fundación Gabo @FundacionGabo]

“El Estado de coca”, publicado por Tom Laffay y Bram Ebus en @AmazonUworld, nominado al #PremioGabo2026 🏆.

A través de un acceso excepcional a los Comandos de la Frontera, este trabajo retrata el control armado y las economías ilícitas que moldean la vida en Putumayo, en la frontera amazónica de Colombia. ➡️ https://t.co/mUKA0Hun6m

[Dylan Baddour @DylanBaddour]

Photos by Tom Laffay in our dispatch from the Colombian Amazon today https://t.co/Ed1vgNKvzE

[Adam Isacson @adam_wola]

Congratulations to @tlaffay for having his short film about the Siona people of Putumayo, #Colombia featured today on the @NewYorker's website.

I talked to him about his work a few weeks ago, and just posted the audio as a new @WOLA_org podcast: https://t.co/DBq28Fx4lC

[Ariel Ávila @ArielAnaliza]

La seguridad en el país va mal.
3. En bajo Putumayo se vive una guerra terrible. Disidencia de las FARC frente Carolina Herrera se enfrente al grupo Sinaloa. Este último es una alianza entre la banda La Construc, otros disidentes y narcos de la zona.
Decenas de muertos

[Tom Laffay @tlaffay]

Photojournalist Charlie Cordero arbitrarily detained in Barranquilla covering protests. Retweet / help in any way. Charlie just finished the @RiscTraining course in Medellin a few days ago and went straight back doing what he does best. @charliecorderop

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A clip from our film “Nos Están Matando” and a tribute to the Summer Solstice, Sek Buy, last year with Çxhab Wala Kiwe, the Nasa nation in North Cauca as they welcomed the Sun to begin a new year “in harmony in our land��. @emely_wright @resdanielb #defender #fightforhumanrights

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@edkashi @tlaffay @danielbustosm #NosEstanMatando

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311 seres humanos, 311 madres, padres, hermanos y hermanas, 311 personas que trabajan para sus distintas comunidades como líderes sociales han sido asesinados desde que se firmó el… https://t.co/SDsotkwZkM

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A clip from our film “Nos Están Matando” and a… https://t.co/mCOobJrkg3

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"Fly to Cali" #cali #colombia #carnival #everydaylatinamerica #pigeonpic #parquecentral… https://t.co/bpP42JJvDu

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Desde Cauca: 8 de enero, 2017. Con corazón pesado les comparto la historia que realizamos… https://t.co/xk6UAcs8JV

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Que venga la gente para la carnival de los blancos y negros en #Mercaderes, #Cauca, #Colombia… https://t.co/hRv0UdwW6Y

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There was something magical about this old woman, a housekeeper in Popayan who, as she racked… https://t.co/eDNXa2DKYl

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"Cuando te toca la chamba" Periodista Edinson Bolaños termina un artículo mientras compartiendo… https://t.co/heaWYdnpfc

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"Salsa Chapinero" Bogota, Colombia, diciembre 2016. #colombia #everynightcolombia… https://t.co/GhnYGWrooV

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"Strike up a conversation with a stranger, everyone's s story, press play." #newyork #refections… https://t.co/T0XBCn3VFt

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"Y hay amor por la noche." #bogota #colombia #everydaylatinamerica #everynightlatinamerica… https://t.co/PL07LD0T7X

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Father and a tired son coming back from a hike in the Andean high forest above Guatavita,… https://t.co/9vwHzlcGKe

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"Daily Grind" 90 y Kr 16 Bogotá, Colombia. As as office people go about their business, this guy… https://t.co/zobgdfDzdO