Lexi Parra
Documentary Photographer, Visual Storyteller, Community Educator / Based in Caracas, Venezuela / New York City, US
Lexi Parra is a Venezuelan-American photographer and community educator based between Caracas and New York. Her work focuses on youth culture, migration, the personal effects of inequality and violence, and themes of resilience. Parra...
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Focus:
Photojournalist, Writer, Photo Assistant, Documentary, Photography, Culture, Freelance, Assignments, Educator
Skills:
Research, Translator, Audio Recording, Photo Assisting, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Photojournalism
About
Available in: Caracas, Venezuela / New York City, US
Focused on:
Photojournalist, Writer, Photo Assistant, Documentary, Photography, Culture, Freelance, Assignments, Educator
Skilled at:
Research, Translator, Audio Recording, Photo Assisting, Adobe Premier, Apple Final Cut Pro, Photojournalism
Coverage Regions:
Latin America USA & Canada
Years of experience: 3 to 5
HEFAT certification? yes
Lexi Parra is a Venezuelan-American photographer and community educator based between Caracas and New York. Her work focuses on youth culture, migration, the personal effects of inequality and violence, and themes of resilience. Parra has worked with The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker and others.
She is the community manager at Women Photograph, as well as a member of both WP and Diversify Photo databases. Parra's long-term project What Remains was shortlisted for a Marie Stafford Award in 2023. She has received a Diversify x Getty Inclusion Grant (2022) and is a Pulitzer Center Reporting Grantee (2021).
She participated in The New York Times Portfolio Review (2023) and was selected for Artpil's 30 under 30. Parra attended Missouri Photo Workshop 74, Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV (given the National Geographic Award), and Foundry Workshop with Maggie Steber in 2022. Her degree is in Photography and Human Rights, from Bard College.
Parra is the founder of , an arts education initiative that fosters visual literacy and critical analysis with youth in the barrios of Caracas. Project MiRA has been supported by Canon USA, the US Embassy and the Davis Peace Prize, and exhibited in Photoville and Bronx Documentary Center's Latin American Foto Festival.
She is the community manager at Women Photograph, as well as a member of both WP and Diversify Photo databases. Parra's long-term project What Remains was shortlisted for a Marie Stafford Award in 2023. She has received a Diversify x Getty Inclusion Grant (2022) and is a Pulitzer Center Reporting Grantee (2021).
She participated in The New York Times Portfolio Review (2023) and was selected for Artpil's 30 under 30. Parra attended Missouri Photo Workshop 74, Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV (given the National Geographic Award), and Foundry Workshop with Maggie Steber in 2022. Her degree is in Photography and Human Rights, from Bard College.
Parra is the founder of , an arts education initiative that fosters visual literacy and critical analysis with youth in the barrios of Caracas. Project MiRA has been supported by Canon USA, the US Embassy and the Davis Peace Prize, and exhibited in Photoville and Bronx Documentary Center's Latin American Foto Festival.
Education
Bard College