Lexi Parra Lexi Parra is a photographer and educator currently based in New York. She works across the Americas, previously based in Caracas, Venezuela, and Houston, TX. Parra has collaborated with outlets like The Washington Post, NPR and The New York Times. Her work focuses on youth culture, migration, resilience, and the effects of inequality and violence. Parra’s long-term projects have been supported by the Magnum Foundation, Getty, and the Pulitzer Center.
She is the founder of Project MiRA , a photo education initiative fostering visual literacy and empowerment with young women in the barrios of Caracas. Project MiRA has been supported by The US Embassy, Canon USA, and the Davis Peace Prize.
Her work has been exhibited globally, and she is grateful to travel often to speak about her work and community-focused initiatives.
Parra is also the community manager at Women Photograph, spearheading the mentorship program and working to bring resources to our members.
She holds a degree in Photography and Human Rights from Bard College.
The Avilas, a tight-knit Texas family, navigate the immigration system after Margarita is detained. Between work, school, church, and family milestones, they support each other through months of uncertainty as immigration policy continues to upend family life across the country.
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Through Our Eyes uses formal collaborative portraits and single documentary images made by young women participants of Project MiRA to tell the story of resilience, joy, and struggle in the barrios of Caracas, Venezuela – a country that has been hit by a years-long crisis.
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