Alfredo De Stefano (México1961) is a conceptual visual artist recognized for his interventions in desert landscapes and for his use of fire, ice, and light in ephemeral installations. Positioned at the intersection of photography and Land Art, his work has been presented in more than 90 exhibitions in cities such as Paris, New York, Madrid, Bogotá, México City, Buenos Aires, Stockholm, and São Paulo, among others. His work is part of institutional collections including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, El Museo del Barrio, New York, and the Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City.
In 2017, Quién magazine named him one of the 50 personalities transforming Mexico. In 2020, the television series Visionarios(Foro TV) dedicated an episode to his creative process and his contribution to contemporary photography. His feature-length documentary YERMO, filmed in nine deserts around the world, has been screened at international festivals, earning two Ariel Award nominations and the Best Documentary Award at the 17th CANACINE Awards (2021).
In 2023, he participated in the exhibition Human Nature at the Fotografiska Museum, New York, and presented Tormenta de Luz, an immersive concert integrating desert photography, orchestral music, and advanced visual technology. The project was presented in Monterrey in 2023 and 2024.
He is currently developing BURN: A Symphony of Ashes and Rebirth, a long-term cinematic and photographic project that explores fire as both a symbolic and physical language—a force of destruction, transformation, and memory. Filmed in diverse desert landscapes, the project addresses themes such as territorial fragility, the human footprint, and the relationship between environmental crisis and sensory experience. Conceived as an autonomous audiovisual work, it weaves image, sound, and poetic narrative to reflect on permanence, loss, and the possibility of renewal.
Expanding his creative scope, De Stefano is also the founder and drummer of Blues Band Blues, a contemporary Blues-Rock group that blends traditional roots with modern energy and bilingual storytelling.
De Stefano’s work continues to explore the boundaries of conceptual photography, landscape, and the relationship between human presence and the natural environment.