Elizabeth Ferrer is a New York based independent curator and writer focusing on Latinx art and photography. She previously directed the curatorial programs at BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; the Americas Society; and the Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University. Working in a freelance capacity, she is responsible for exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; El Museo del Barrio, NY; and the Aperture Foundation Gallery, NY; MARCO, Monterrey, NL, among those at other institutions. She is the author of Louis Carlos Bernal: Retrospectiva (Aperture and the Center for Creative Photography, 2024), named by The New York Times as one of the best art books of 2024; Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History (University of Washington Press, 2020); and Lola Álvarez Bravo (Aperture, 2006). She has also published on such Mexican artists as Mariana Yampolsky, Lola Álvarez Bravo, and María Izquierdo. Her recent and current projects include a retrospective of the photographer Louis Carlos Bernal for the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, in 2024, and a major survey of the history of Chicano photography to be presented at The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture in 2026. www.elizabethferrer.net

Photo Credit: Elizabeth Ferrer