LISANDRA ALVAREZ
La Habana / 1998
Cuban photographer and graphic designer who primarily works with analog techniques. Through documentary photography, she seeks to capture an intimate and close essence of her subjects. Her projects are mostly developed in the neighborhoods of Centro Habana and Habana Vieja.
AWARDS
2025
∙ Winner of the Lucie Foundation's Emerging Photojournalism / Documentary Scholarship Program.
Series "Sueño Profundo" (Los Angeles, US)
∙ Young Talent Award presented by Fototeca de Cuba,
19th edition of the November Photographic Festival
∙ Finalist of the "Women by Women"
open call of PhotoVogue 2025
∙ Sarabia Studio Award. Series "Sueño Profundo"
(Alfredo Sarabia in Memoriam Photography Biennial)
(Havana,Cuba)
∙ Honorable Mention in Eyeshot Open Call 2025.
Series "Sueño Profundo" (Italia)
2024
∙ Leica Women Street Foto Project Award
Women Street Photographers (New York, US)
∙ Winner, National Photography Contest for the 40th Anniversary of the Center for Psychological and Sociological Research, (Cuba)
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITION
"Barrio Habana"/ Festival Distancia Focal
(Xalapa, Veracruz, México, 2024)
"Woman"/ Amistad Gallery at The W.E.B.
Du Bois College House, University of Pennsylvania
(United States, 2025)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
2025
"Entre Silos" / Museo del Silo de Villacañas
(Toledo, España)
"Lucie Scholarship Program & Lucie Photo Book Prize Exhibition" (Los Angeles, US)
2024
"Women Street Photographer Exhibition"
(New York,US )
"Latin American Foto Festival" / Bronx Documentary Center (New York,US )
"Views from the Street" / Colorado Photographic Arts Center (US)
2023
"Miradas Compartidas" (La Habana, Cuba 2023)
"Antología de Fotografía de Calle Latinoamericana" (Tabasco, México)