Adriana Lestido (Buenos Aires, 1955) is one of Argentina’s most influential photographers. She studied film and photography in 1979 and worked as a photojournalist from 1982 to 1995 for media outlets like Página/12 and La Voz. She was the first Argentine photographer to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Hasselblad Grant, and the Mother Jones Award, and has also been honored with the Konex Platinum Award, the Bicentennial Medal, and the Grand Acquisition Prize at the National Salon of Visual Arts, among others.
Her curatorial work includes exhibitions such as Aquí Nos Vemos. Photography in Latin America 2000–2015 (CCK) and Todas las manzanas cayeron... by Valeria Bellusci (FOLA). Her work is part of major international collections, including the MNBA, MoMA Buenos Aires, Fondation Cartier, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Fine Arts Museums of Houston and Boston.
Her most notable solo exhibitions include *Lo Que Se Ve* (*What is Seen*) at the **Centro Cultural Recoleta** (2008), *Amores Difíciles* (*Difficult Loves*) at **Casa de América, PhotoEspaña 2010**, and *Ellas, Nosotras, Vosotras* (*They, Us, You*) for **PhotoEspaña 2017**. Her acclaimed series *Antártida Negra* (*Black Antarctica*) debuted at the **Fortabat Foundation** in 2017 and later traveled to **Berlin and Madrid**.
Lestido has published eight books, including *Madres e hijas* (*Mothers and Daughters*), *Lo que se ve* (*What is Seen*), and *Antártida negra* (*Black Antarctica*). Her photography, focused on the exploration of femininity and intimacy, continues to inspire on a global scale.
