My name is Tamara Benarroch (b. 2005, Miami, FL), and I am an American-Colombian portrait photographer based in New York City. I am currently a second-year photography student at Parsons School of Design, set to graduate with a BFA in 2027. Since beginning my journey in a 6th-grade photography elective, photography has set my soul on fire, consuming my every thought, breath, and now, my life.

To me, photographs are the ultimate souvenirs. By freezing and flattening a moment in space and time, I can collect life. Photography allows me to capture both what’s in front of my eyes and what’s inside me, whether through a conceptual lens, multi-media processes, documentary story-telling, and more. 

I photograph everything: portraits, fashion, street photography, commercial work, and my personal life. Yet, I’m most drawn to photographing people. I’m addicted to the impossible pursuit of authentically capturing a person. I aim to capture them authentically despite the impossible nature of encapsulating a person’s complex, everchanging soul into an intimate, flat frame. Thus, the pursuit to try to do so is addicting. Each time, I’m taken on an adventure with my subject, who I inevitably connect with.

Why do I photograph? I photograph for collection, expression, and connection. But on a deeper level, 

I photograph because I am alive, passionate, and in love with life.