About
Laura Menassa is Beirut based photographer and a member of Women Photograph.
She uses photography as a tool for exploration — to question our place in society, to understand others, and to deconstruct the world around us. Her work moves between the intimate and the political, the private and the public, blending documentary with personal narrative to address themes related to identity, memory, and belonging.
Through photography, writing, and documentation, she questions her surroundings, her city, and her own body.Rooted in the everyday, the social realities of Lebanon and her personal life, she focuses on the unseen and unspoken, taboos, her relationship with the land and others. Laura seeks to create sensitive spaces where vulnerability becomes a silent resistance.
Exhibitions
2025 - 2nd edition of Batroun Photo, as part of Batroun Festival with BCP - Batroun, Lebanon [upcoming]
2025 - Sard: Exploring Narratives through Photography & Sound as part of Cairo Photo Week - Downtown Cairo, Egypt
2024 - 3nd edition of Beirut Photo Fair, Beirut Center of Photography and SOURA - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - Espace Niemeyer - Paris, France
2023 - Indivisible, as a part of " 16 days of activism against gender-based violence" by 1MORECUP - Ked - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - La Corvée - Paris, France
2023 - Stillness in the Fall [Collectif 1200], during Nehna Wel Amar Wel Jiran Festival - Ishbilia Theatre - Saïda, Lebanon
2023 - A luz ou a sombra do que foi e continua a ser [Collectif 1200], Bienal'23 Fotografia do Porto - Reitoria da Universidade do Porto - Porto, Portugal (currently)
2022 - Indivisible, as a part of " 16 days of activism against gender-based violence" in partnership with MOSAIC, German Federal Foreign office - Ked - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Anatomy of a Fall [Collectif 1200], British Council x Hammana Artist House as part of In Between Festival - Abroyan Factory - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - 2nd edition of Beirut Photo Fair, Beirut Center of Photography and SOURA - Souk El Tayeb - Beirut, Lebanon
2022 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200] - British Council x Hammana Artist House - Hammana, Lebanon
2022 - In light or shadow of what was and still is [Collectif 1200], 2nd Edition of NUR, PhotoEspana - Casa Arabe - Madrid, Spain
2022 - 5th edition of Festival Les Femmes s'exposent - Houlgate, France
2022 - Echoes from a crowded room [Collectif 1200], in partnership with British Council - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the fall [Collectif 1200], Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France
2021 - Contrasts, in partnership with Loosenart - Millepiani - Rome, Italy
2021 - 5th edition of Kifkif Market - Le Consulat - Paris, France
2021 - Paroles et regards, d'ici et d'ailleurs - L'Agora - Montpellier, France
Publications
December 2024 - WomenPhotograph 2024 Year in Pictures
November 2023 - GUTS, Issue 01 by Digital Fountain
June 2023 - Liban : Place aux jeunes, special edition, 6Mois Magazine
April 2023 - Totalitaire, Revue Illusio n° 20
February 2023 - Les Moments Littéraires n° 49, Diaristes Libanais
December 2017 - Mini Issue 8, Nakid Magazine
November 2016 - Mini Issue 4, Nakid Magazine
Mentorships & Grants
2024 - World Press Photo x Samir Kassir Foundation Masterclass
2024 - Al mu7affiz Grant from Goethe Institute Lebanon in Lebanon
2023 - Grant from the French Institute in Lebanon [Collectif 1220]
Curations
2024 - Voices from the Levant in Beirut, podcasts launch - KED - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, fundraising exhibition - KED - Beirut, Lebanon
2023 - From the river to the sea, co-curated, fundraising exhibition - La Corvée - Paris, France
2023 - Stillness in the Fall, co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, Nehna Wel Amar Wel Jiran Festival - Ishbilia Theatre - Saïda, Lebanon
2022 - In light or shadow of what was and still is co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, 2nd Edition of NUR, PhotoEspana - Casa Arabe - Madrid, Spain
2022 - Echoes from a crowded room co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, in partnership with British Council - Artlab - Beirut, Lebanon
2021 - Stillness in the fall co-curated in the framework of Collectif 1200, Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux - Fabrique POLA - Bordeaux, France