Lidia Arriagada-Garcia is a Mapuche-Chilean photographer and artist who began her training in Chile, and moved to Lenapehoking (New York City) after she obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Painting & Drawing at San Francisco State University. In 2017 she became a United States citizen.

Before moving to San Francisco in 2004, she had studied professional photography for two years at an Art Institute in Santiago, Chile. She was classically trained there and at the City College of San Francisco, during the time when film and darkrooms were the norm, but later she advanced her studies in digital photography.

Her passion for photography started as a teenager, and she began her professional career in the Magazine industry in Chile at the age of 22, establishing herself as a portrait photographer in NYC in 2010. 

She has traveled to numerous countries around the world, including in Asia, Europe and Latin America, which helped her become more open-minded and respectful of all different cultures and beliefs.

During the last 13 years she has photographed people of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities. She has acquired skills in all phases of portrait photography including, studio, weddings, editorial and portraits of artists of all kind.

She has spent the last few years photographing women and Indigenous peoples’ marches to increase visibility of their legitimate cause.

In 2017 she founded a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization called Images For Inclusion, which combines photography and philanthropy. This platform allows her to advance children, women and Indigenous Peoples’ human rights.

Lidia has exhibited her photography artworks at galleries and public spaces in New York, London, Prague, and last year she showcased her Cuba artworks in Venice, Italy.