Bio

Elizabeth Sanjuan was born in Hollywood, Florida of Cuban immigrant parents. Following a 21-year career with American Airlines, she retired in 2015 to devote herself full-time to her photography and to the support of young artists from around the world. An avid traveler, she has visited more than 100 countries on 6 continents. She is not stopping anytime soon. Elizabeth has been photographing for over 30 years, during which time she has exhibited and sold her work across America and in Europe. She has studied with renowned photographers like Arthur Meyerson, Sam Abell, and JP Caponigro. She was a prominent art gallery owner in Florida during which time she became known as a champion for women’s rights and environmental issues, while mentoring dozens of emerging artists in their careers. She has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including most recently as a member of the board of the International Photography Hall of Fame. When Elizabeth is not traveling, she is at home focusing on her long-term projects, such as Self Revealed, a journey of discovery for women to define beauty on their terms. Recuerdos de mi Abuela explores the culture, heritage, and influence of her strong matriarchal grandmother, who shaped the woman she is today. Small: Journeys to Places Left Behind is an in-depth look at the rise and fall of small-town America. In late 2025, Daylight Books published her first full-length monograph, Silent Snow, reflecting her five years of travel to the island of Hokkaido, Japan in search of the secrets of peace, beauty, strength, and resilience in of one of the harshest winter environments on the planet. Elizabeth and her husband created the Sanjuan-Brown Hollywood Arts Foundation in 2013, a charitable corporation, to own and operate Gallery 2014 in Hollywood, Florida. The purpose of the foundation and its non- profit gallery were to foster global understanding through the arts, and to advance opportunities in art for emerging artists, particularly women. Over a period of five years, the gallery and foundation supported dozens of local artists and provided scholarships and funding for local students and arts organizations. In addition, Elizabeth served on advisory boards for several local charities and community arts organizations in south Florida. For many years, Elizabeth also chaired the annual gala for Hispanic Unity, a 501(c) 3 organization devoted to assisting immigrants assimilate in the United States. Following in her mother’s footsteps, Elizabeth was a major funder for Hispanic Unity’s childhood care and language education programs. Elizabeth and her husband are also major investors in Immigrant Food, a Washington, DC-based restaurant group that combines a menu inspired by immigrant recipes while also advocating, educating, and celebrating the importance of immigrants to the United States’ cultural diversity and economic well-being. Elizabeth Sanjuan uses her camera to celebrate the vast mosaic of people, lands, and cultures that the world offers. An avid world traveler, she has visited nearly 100 countries on six continents, and has no intention of slowing down now. Her interests range from landscapes to portraiture, and from classic digital photography to timeless etching and printing processes. See more of her work at ElizabethSanjuan.com. and to record, as faithfully as she can, the incredible panorama of color, pattern, and energy that bombards the receptive eye. Photographing people gives her the opportunity to observe, but she believes that the lens intensifies her ability to truly understand. Elizabeth wants to explore the world's incredible variety of women of all ages, races, and sexual orientation; believing that we are much the same regardless of the physical characteristics that seem to make us unique. She is constantly reminded that even though people live worlds apart, we are truly all the same. Our hopes, dreams, loves and losses are all captured in our faces. The camera provides objective proof of our commonality.