About
Geri-Ann Galanti is a Los Angeles-based portrait photographer whose work transports viewers to another time and place. Exhibited internationally, her images are known for their dramatic lighting, richly layered costumes and props, and a painterly quality that feels both timeless and cinematic.
A Different Path
Geri-Ann arrived at photography by way of an unlikely detour — a doctoral degree in anthropology and years of university teaching. That background shaped her in ways that matter deeply to portrait work: a genuine curiosity about people, and a fluency in the art of human connection.
Photography first entered her life as a fieldwork tool during research in Guatemala, but it wasn't until she retired from academia that it became her true focus. She went on to earn a Certificate in Photography from the renowned photography department at Santa Monica College.
The Work
A lifelong devotee of time travel fiction, Geri-Ann brings that same fascination with other eras to her photography. The result is a body of work that doesn't just document — it conjures. Each image feels like a window into a world just out of reach.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Venice West
March Venice Art Crawl
2024 August Venice Art Crawl
Eyes on Main, Santa Monica, CA
2025 Eyes on Main, Santa Monica, CA
Group Exhibitions
2019 Mar Vista Art Walk
2020 StARTup Art Fair Los Angeles
SMC Made in Quarantine Photo Show
Aging as Art Photo show, exhibited at the John Wayne Airport, Bowers Museum, Newport Beach Library
2021 Aging as Art Photo show, exhibited at Bowers Museum, Newport Beach Library
2022 Aging as Art Photo show, exhibited at the Bowers Museum, Newport Beach Library
2023 International Juried Photography Exhibition, Nude Geographies at Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
Juried exhibition, Reflections at Edgewater Gallery, Middlebury, VT
SMC Photo Show
2024 Photonostrum Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Praxis Gallery exhibition, The Portrait, St. Paul, MN
Art-Icon Corporeality Exhibition, Paris, France
2025 Art-Icon Portrait Exhibition, Arles, France
Awards
2023 Honorable Mention in Portrait Photography from The Artist Gallery
Honorable Mention in Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Series in Portrait Category
Honorable Mention in Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Series in Women Seen by Women Category
2024 Honorable Mention in 22nd Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Series in Fine Art
Honorable Mention in The Portrait 2024, Praxis Gallery
2025 Honorable Mention in 25th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Female Photographers, series in Black & White.
Honorable Mention in 25th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Female Photographers, Wild Life series.
2025 Featured in the LensCulture Portrait Awards Competition Gallery.
Photographs Featured in:
The Female Gaze: On the Unique Vision of Female Photographers by Diana Nicholette Jeon, September 22, 2023
What Will You Remember? By Elin Spring, September 26, 2023
For information about personal portraits, contact Geri-Ann directly.