MCB is an American artist and photographer based in Los Angeles. He became known for his extensive use of an iPhone as a primary reporting device, including during the 2011 Libyan Revolution. This documentation led to the monograph
Libyan Sugar (2016), which won the Paris Photo First PhotoBook Prize and the
ICP Infinity Award for Artist’s book. While working on assignments in Cuba from 2014-2016, he created the books
Yo Soy Fidel (Damiani, 2018), about the funeral procession of Fidel Castro, and
Ondas (Twin Palms Publishers, 2023), on youth of the Cuban electronic music scene. A National Geographic Photographer since 2004 and a former associate photographer at Magnum Photos, he was the main character of the HBO documentary
Witness: Libya and a contributing cinematographer to several conflict based documentaries. He has exhibited in museums, galleries and exhibitions around the world.