Lisa Elmaleh is an American visual artist, educator, and documentarian based in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

She specializes in large-format photography using tintype, glass negative, and celluloid film.

Since 2007, she has been traveling across the United States documenting American landscapes, life, and culture.

Born in Miami, Florida 1984[1] Elmaleh grew up in a small apartment with her mother on a limited income.

[1] Because of the time constraints of the collodion process, Elmaleh develops the photographs within thirty minutes of taking them.