Lisandra Alvarez

Lisandra is a professor of typography and photography at the Higher Institute of Design (ISDI). She received a honorary mention from Alfredo Sarabia in Sarabia de la Havana in the Biennale de la photography in 2020, she was also a winner of the National Photography Competition for the 40th anniversary of the Center for Psychological and Sociological Research, Cuba (2023). Second prize from Leica Women Street Foto Project and Women Street Photographers (2024).

She works with an analog technique (35 mm y 120 mm) and digital. She like connect people in their daily lives. Her goal is to accentuate elements of emotion and rawness that exist in daily lives, whether behind closed doors or on the streets of Centro Habana.

About her photography, she said:

« When I am in touch with the feelings that move me, I am better able to see it in others. My emotions become my guide and lead me into the photograph. They help me see moments which resonate with me, whether ones of compassion, tenderness, sadness, fear or something else.  When I feel the moment, I shoot it. And hopefully I create images that invite reflection, provoke emotional response, and elevate a split second in time into a larger moment unifying my subjects with the viewer. It’s an on-going process; a circle that always spins and integrates my life with my art. And helps me better understand myself and explore what I am  seeking as an artist and a person. »