Ana Elisa Sotelo
Ana Elisa Sotelo is a Peruvian artist and educator whose work explores gender, culture, and our relationship to the natural world.
Ana Elisa was born in Lima, Peru and was raised in Bolivia, Mexico, USA, Chile and Argentina. She is currently based in Washington DC, where she teaches Photography and Photojournalism.
Her images and works have been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, Vogue, Ladera Sur, Gatopardo Magazine, El Comercio/Somos, Folha Sao Paulo, The Washington Post, American Ai-Ap, among others.
M.A. in Film , American University
B.A. in Psychology, The George Washington University
Diploma in Visual Anthropology , Centro de la Imagen
Contact: soteloana@gmail.com
AWARDS/HONORS/GRANTS
Pulitzer Center- Grant Recepient, 2026
Xposure-Global Focus Project , Finalist , 2025
Women Photojournalists of Washington (WPOW)- Best in Show WPOW Annual Exhibit 2025
Louis Roederer Foundation, Thinking Sustainability Prize, 2024
Eddie Adams Workshop, Gold Team Winner, 2024
Leica Society International, Winner Woman Photograph Grant, 2024
Picture of the Year (POY Latam) Winner , Sports Category 2023
Global Peace Award Shortlist 2023
Women Photograph Grant 2021
International Women in Photograph (IWPA) Award + Special Mention 2021
National Geographic Society COVID Journalist Emergency Fund 2021
Plan International Photography Award for the Because I am a Girl advocacy campaign 2015
Latin American Environmental Film Festival - Opening film, Documentary Category. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2015
Scholar Award from The Center for Environmental Filmmaking 2014 & 2012
Visions Film Festival- Winner, Environmental Film Category, Nominee: Cinematography, Sound Design and Editing. Washington D.C., 2014
DC Independent Film Festival - Documentary Short Category, Washington, D.C. , 2014
MacLeod Scholarship Award from The Organization of American States , 2011
EXHIBITS
LUMICROMA SKIN- São João de Maderia , Portugal, 2026
ENCONTROS DA IMAGEM 2026- Braga, Portugal 2026
XPOSURE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL- Sharjah, UAE, 2026
WOMEN PHOTOJOURNALISTS OF WASHINGTON ANNUAL SHOW, Washington DC, 2025
WATERWAYS, Leica Gallery Vienna, Vienna, Austria 2025
LUMICROMA IN COLORS “JOY”, Lumicroma, São João de Maderia , Portugal, 2025
WOMEN PHOTOJOURNALISTS OF WASHINGTON ANNUAL SHOW, Washington DC, 2024
PORTRAITS OF THE MULTIVERSE, “Diversité et Creativité” Cervantes Institute of Paris, Paris, France 2022
CARDUMEN, Solo Exhibit, La Rebelde, Lima, Peru, 2022
ENTRE LA NATURALEZA Y EL PAISAJE, Museo Amano, Lima, Peru, 2022
LAS TRUCHAS, Group Exhibit Organized by IWPA, Dubai, Tokyo, Paris, Geneva, Almería 2022