Lisette Poole González is a Cuban American photographer and writer born and raised in San Francisco, she is a native english and Spanish speaker.

In 2019, Lisette published her first book, La paloma y la ley, a bilingual ethnography based on the journey of two Cuban women she followed through 13 countries on their way to the United States. Previously, Lisette lived in Havana and covered US-Cuba relations from 2014-2019, during the Obama Administration and the historic détente that eased hostility between the two nations. She is a World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent for North & Central America for her documentary Reggaetón Revolución, and a recipient of the National Geographic Covid Fund for Journalists for her podcast in Ciudad Juárez, with Vice News Reports. She loves to dance.

ACTIVITIES & EXHIBITIONS: 
2024 Art Week Mexico City, Solo Show “La paloma y la ley” installation, FRAGILE Festival
2023 Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Book Presentation FOLIO Festival
2023 The Cuban Heritage Collection, at University of Miami, Permanent Collection
2023 W.H.O. 75th Anniversary Collective Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland
2022 The Cuban Heritage Collection, at University of Miami, Presenter
2021 ADC 101st Annual Awards, Photography Categories Juror
2020 Photographic Museum of Humanity, “El Otro Lado”, Collective Exhibition
2019 Pop-Up Magazine, The Escape Edition, U.S.A. Tour, Performer
2019 Visa Pour L’Image Festival, Perpignan, France, Book Signing
2019 Women Photograph Workshop, Quito, Ecuador, Instructor
2019 Royal Holloway Picture Gallery, “This is Cuba” Collective Exhibition, London, UK
2018 Internazionale á Ferrara Festival, Ferrara, Italy, Speaker
2018 Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, U.S.A., Lecturer
2017 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Mexico City, Asst. Instructor
2017-present Diversify Photo, Member
2017 Festival GABO, Medellín, Colombia, Speaker
2016-present Women Photograph, Member
2015 VICE H.B.O., “Viva Cuba Libre,” Havana, Cuba, Producer
2014 Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Antigua, Guatemala, Asst. Instructor
2014 Open Show, New York, U.S.A., Producer
2014 CINTAS Foundation, Finalist Exhibition, Miami, U.S.A.
2012 La Fototeca de Cuba, “Luz de tu Propia Química”, Collective Exhibition
2012 Herold Mahoney Library Gallery, “The Diversity of Cuba”, Collective Exhibition
2012 Cuba Caribe Festival, San Francisco, U.S.A., Collective Exhibition
2012 Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, U.S.A., Collective Exhibition
2011 Rayko Photo Center, “Plastic Camera Collective Show” San Francisco, U.S.A.
2011 Casa Guayasamín, “Apologies”, Co-Exhibition, Havana, Cuba
2010 Kaleidescope Gallery, “Black Beans & Rice”, Co-Exhibition, San Francisco, U.S.A.

FELLOWSHIPS: 
2021 National Geographic Society Fund for Journalists, Grant Recipient
2020 Google Cuba, Educational Curriculum Development Grant Recipient
2017 Carey Institute for Global Good, Logan Nonfiction Fellow
2017 International Women’s Media Foundation, Adelante Fellow 
2017 Norwegian Embassy of Cuba, Exhibition & Screening, Fellow

AWARDS: 
2020 World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent for North America
2019 TIME’s Best Photobooks of the Year
2019 Pictures of the Year International finalist Photobooks of the Year 
2013 San Francisco Penninsula Press Club Award, Photo Series
2008 Greg Robinson Memorial Scholarship Award

SELECTED CLIENTS: 
National Geographic
Airbnb
The New York Times
Bloomberg Businessweek
Time Magazine
Le Monde
Vogue Italia
The World Health Organization
VICE
The Atlantic
Smithsonian Magazine
The California Sunday Magazine
The Los Angeles Times
Americas Quarterly
Newsweek
The Washington Post
ESPN Magazine
WIRED
People Español
Fortune
Saveur 
Sotheby’s
The Lift