José Ney Mila Espinosa, of Cuban-American nationality, was born in Havana, 1959.

He is a self-taught photographer, recognized in Cuba for his documentary and author photography since the late 1980s. He previously worked as a technical civil draftsman; in budgeting and programming of construction works; and as a civil designer and artisan/artist (Cultural Assets Fund contracts). Finally, after abandoning his architectural studies at CUJAE, he dedicated himself full-time to photography in 1988. Since late 1989, he has worked as a press photographer, then as a freelancer, and at the same time as a photographer for the Cuban Fototeca.

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From 1995 to 2010, he lived in Spain as a freelance photojournalist, working primarily for the newspaper Heraldo de Soria and, in parallel, for other newspapers and magazines in Navarre and Madrid. He also offered darkroom services and sold laboratory chemicals of his own invention, protected by the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office in Barcelona. These products were marketed by Casanova Professional (currently Casanova Foto).

 

Shortly thereafter, they were marketed internationally by the prestigious JOBO (Jobo Labortechnik, GmbH & Co. KG) under the brands "New Fine Art Line (Jobo Classic Line)" and "The New Generation Fine Art B/W Chemistry" in its JOBO 2001 catalog, presented at Photokina 2000 in Cologne, Germany.

 

In 2010 he settled in the United States, in central Florida where he dedicates himself to photography of Latin social events and conceptual photography related to migrations.

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To date, his works have participated in more than a hundred exhibitions in specialized spaces around the world and received international awards and distinctions in similar circumstances. 

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In 2025, his works have been selected by the jury of the New York Triennial of Latin American Art. N.Y, US.

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Selected by the jury of Larnaca  International Biennale 2023. Larnaca, Chipre;  The  International Biennale of Contemporary Sacred Art. Menton. Francia and VI Valencia Biennial CVO. Valencia. Spain. 

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He was a member of the International Selection Committee of the XI International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence, 2017 and XII International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence, 2019 invited by its organizers, Italy.

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Selected by the juries of the "VI International Art Biennial SIART 09" 2009 and "VII International Art Biennial SIART 2011". La Paz, Bolivia.

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Guest artist at the Fotofest 94 (International Biennial of Photography) “The New Generation: Contemporary Cuba Photography from the Island, 1980 to the present” Fotofest 1994. Houston, EE.UU. and the ¨Biennial Photographic Spring 98¨ (Tristan Barbará  Gallery) Barcelona 1998, Spain.

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