Elisa Benedetti is a Venezuelan photographer based in Miami since 2018. Her documentary work focuses on the relationship between people, place, and memory, with particular attention to historically marginalized communities and to processes of displacement and emotional gentrification.

She began her training in Caracas, where she studied Human Resources at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and pursued photography through independent workshops. After relocating to Miami, she continued her education at the Roberto Mata School of Photography and participated in workshops with Alex Webb, Rui Palha, and Andrea Santolaya. She earned a Master’s degree in Photography with PhotoEspaña and is currently pursuing an MFA at Florida International University.

Since 2019, Benedetti has developed long-term projects in historically Black neighborhoods in Miami, including Coconut Grove, Overtown, Liberty City, and Brownsville, working through proximity, listening, and sustained engagement with the communities she photographs. Her practice combines analog and digital processes, including the use of Polaroid and medium-format cameras, as a way to build a more poetic and reflective visual language.

In 2025, she was selected to exhibit part of her Overtown portrait series at Green Space Foundation, presented from October 2025 through March 2026. In February 2026, she will exhibit her project Liberty City at Sala Mendoza in Caracas, Venezuela.

Her work has been exhibited at PhotoEspaña (Madrid), HistoryMiami Museum, and in solo exhibitions in Miami. She has been selected for the Coral Gables Museum photography exhibition in two consecutive years and received the Arturo Michelena Prize in Venezuela (2023), with work included in the permanent collection of the Galería de Arte Nacional.

Elisa Benedetti has published three books and understands photography as a living archive, one that preserves stories, honors the people portrayed, and leaves a record for future generations.