Born 1959 in Lima, Peru.
Lives and works in Lima, Peru.
 
Roberto Huarcaya graduated in psychology, at the Universidad Católica del Perú and he studied cinema, at the Instituto Italiano and photography at the Centro del Video y la Imagen. His work is part of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie of Paris; the Fine Arts Museum of Houston; the Fototeca Latinoamericana (FOLA) of Buenos Aires; Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) of Mexico City; among others. He also participated in a series of solo and group exhibitions in Europe, United States, South America and Asia. Huarcaya was co-director of the Bienal de Fotografía de Lima and Lima Photo, editor of Peruvian magazine CDI and editor from Peru of Sueño de la Razón, a Latin American review.