Martín Elfman, spanish-argentinian illustrator and traveller. Born in Buenos Aires, has lived in Israel, Barcelona, Lisbon, Venice, Naples and La Paz (Bolivia). From 2006 becomes a  contributor to newspapers El País and El Periódico de Catalunya. Has collaborated in newspapers like The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe and the magazines New Republic, Hopkins Medicine, The Economist, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Letras Libres.

He currently lives in Barcelona with his family.

His work has been shown in the U.S., Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Italy and Japan.

His illustrations for the book Latin America on Motion had been selected by the American Society of Illustrators.

"In my work I try to create images with strong ideas expressed in a simple and elegant way. The task of a good illustration is to dialogue with the text and look for new and surprising ways of showing the hidden concepts under its words. I love using geometric shapes and very few colors in my compositions, so that nothing distracts from the main idea. The success depends on the aomunt of wit employed to solve the challenges posed by the assignment. The goal, on asking the viewer's active participation in reading the message. He's the one that completes the sense of a good illustration."