LISANDRA ÁLVAREZ
La Habana / 1998
Fotógrafa y diseñadora gráfica cubana que trabaja principalmente con técnicas analógicas. A través de la fotografía documental, busca capturar la esencia íntima y cercana de sus sujetos. Sus proyectos se desarrollan principalmente en los barrios de Centro Habana y Habana Vieja.
PREMIOS
2026
∙ Awarded the Photography Residency by the Bernard Grau Foundation and the Académie des Beaux-Arts x Cité Internationale des Arts. (Paris, France)
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)
EXPOSICIONES
SOLO EXHIBITION
2026
"The Sea that Bind Us"/ Duo Exhibition Lisandra Alvarez & Manuel Almenares, Gallery Objectif17
(Paris, France, 2026)
"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
2026
"Women Street Photographers Exhibition"
(New York,US)
"Women by Women"
PhotoVogue Festival 10th Edition (Milan, Italy)
2025
"Entre Silos" / Museo del Silo de Villacañas
(Toledo, España)
"Lucie Scholarship Program & Lucie Photo Book Prize Exhibition" (Los Angeles, US)
2024
"Women Street Photographers 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)