About

Iaritza Menjivar, a photographer based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2023, Iaritza was awarded a Sustaining Practice Grant from the Collective Futures Fund. In 2022, she earned recognition as one of WBUR's "The Makers: 15 Artists of Color Leaving an Imprint on Massachusetts." Her pandemic-era work and retrospective of her projects is highlighted in the short documentary film, "We Are Here Too."

Iaritza's photography has been published in The Washington Post and The New York Times. Notably, her piece, "Honoring a Debt to Immigrant Parents," is a photo essay from her First Generation series.

Her photography work has  been exhibited in various national exhibits, including, “Museo Inmigrante: Stories of Resilience from Somerville’s Padres Latinos, a project funded by Mass Humanities and Leonian Foundation. Other exhibits including, "Reconstructed" at Fort Point Arts Community (FPAC), "Modern Families" at ArtsWestchester , and the Photoville Festival in NY. Her solo exhibit, "First Generation: Raíces," was showcased at the Griffin Museum of Photography.

Iaritza received the Presidential Scholarship for the Advanced Mentorship Program in Documentary Projects at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado (2016-2019) under the guidance of James Estrin and Ed Kashi. Additionally, she was honored with the St. Botolph Emerging Artist award. She graduated with a BFA in Photography from Lesley University in 2015.

Beyond pushing her artistic photography work, Iaritza has curated exhibits like "Las Chicas Artistas" for the Somerville Arts Council. She has also contributed to various artist talks and panel conversations, such as "Photographing Family: the Personal Becomes Political" at the AIPAD Talk series during "The Photography Show" in New York. For 5 years, Iaritza taught photography workshops alongside the incomparable Stella Johnson in Oaxaca, Mexico.

As an active freelance photographer, Iaritza is available for event photography, headshots, and other photoshoots. Feel free to contact her for more information.

Let’s work together

📍 Boston, MA & available for assignments, anywhere

📧 iaritzaphoto@gmail.com