Senayt Santoro

Senayt is an American photographer born in Asmara, Eritrea, and raised in Ethiopia and America. She studied Liberal Art Studies at Paier College of Art and Southern Connecticut State University. She earned her MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster in London. She began her photography career as a photojournalist at The New Haven Register in Connecticut. While in the United States, she worked in Connecticut and New York for clients such as The Source Magazine, Savoy Magazine, AmeriCares and Yale University Art Gallery. Prior to relocating to Geneva, Senayt lived in London, UK and worked as a freelance photographer and picture archivist at Autograph ABP. She has undertaken a number of photography projects and exhibited widely including in venues such as Tate Britain and Hayward Gallery. Senayt's photographic practice focuses on representation, identity, environment, social and human rights issues.