Lou Peralta (b. 1964) is a visual artist and contemporary photographer based in Mexico City. She belongs to the fourth generation of a family dedicated to portrait photography — a legacy that continues to nourish her ongoing exploration of the genre. Her practice expands the limits of the two-dimensional photographic image, reimagining portraiture as a sculptural and spatial experience.

With a background in editorial photography, Peralta transitioned over the last decade into a full-time artistic practice. Her recent work intertwines pre-Hispanic influences with contemporary culture and often materializes in hand-built structures made of diverse materials —such as paper, fabric, agave fiber, or copper wire—integrating photographic processes with physical gestures and artisanal methods.

Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico and abroad, including recent presentations in León, Guanajuato; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Houston, Texas.

She recently completed a series that fuses contemporary portraiture with the architectural concepts of Luis Barragán. Peralta is a Fujifilm brand ambassador through the X-Photographers program. Her recent recognitions include being selected for the Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50 in 2023 and 2025, participating in the 22nd Santa Fe Photography Symposium in New Mexico, USA (2023), being a finalist for the FRESH Photo Award in 2025, and having one of her pieces selected for the Ibero Puebla Biennial (BIP) in 2025