Lexi Parra

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. 

As a multimedia artist and journalist, whether in stills or motion, her style is rooted in emotion and connection. 

Parra has worked with The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker and others, as a photojournalist. She has also crafted audiovisual campaigns for large agencies like the UN and the World Food Programme.

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). Her degree is in Photography and Human Rights, from Bard College. 

Parra is the founder of Project MiRA , a photo education initiative that fosters visual literacy and empowerment with young women in the barrios of Caracas. Project MiRA has been supported by The US Embassy and the Davis Peace Prize. 

She is bilingual (Spanish, English) and available for commissions and assignments internationally, as well as speaking and teaching engagements.

Portrait (right) by Clay Williams