Gili Benita - Photographer & Visual Editor | Commercial & Editorial Photography


CONTACT
hello@gilibenita.com → INSTAGRAM
Gili is a photographer and visual editor, currently based in New York City.  Inspired by the interplay between characters and their social narrative, Gili photographs using soft light and color. He strives to create intimate spaces through tender imagery, preserving the authenticity of the people he photographs and their stories. 
        He is also a visual editor, collaborating with brands and publications to bring visual concepts to life. He worked at Verizon, producing and editing photoshoots, and at Aint–Bad Magazine, where he edited and designed Issue 15. 



SELECT CLIENTELE
The New York Times
New York Magazine
The Wall Street Journal
Dazed
Vogue Italia
Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg
I-D Magazine
HBO
Sabukaru
The Wire Magazine
Photo Vogue
Pentagram
Cherry Bombe
iGNANT
Claire’s
Elephant Magazine
Ha'Aretz
Fanatics
Gata Magazine
Cultured Magazine
The Independent Photographer
Collater. al
PH Museum
AWARDS
New York  Portfolio Review | 2025
Alexia Grant Professional Finalist | 2023
PhotoVogue NFT Residency | 2022
Vogue Italia Portfolio Reviews |  2020
CPOY Award of Excellence | 2020
Lisette Model Scholarship and the Director’s Fellowship, ICP | 2019
Local Testimony | 2018
Tokyo International Foto Awards, Bronze Medal | 2018

MEMBER OF
Diversify Photo
Thursday Child
EXHIBITIONS
    Photoville, Cafecito
    Group Exhibition
    New York | 2024
    Palm Photo Prize,  
                 10-14 Gallery, Group Exhibition,  London | 2021
    Lagos Photo Festival,
                Home Museum
    Nigeria | 2020
    Gallery Photographs,
                Virtual Solo Exhibition
    Japan | 2020
    International Center of Photography,
                OYC Group Exhibition 
                New York | 2020
    The Brussels Street Photography Festival, Group exhibition
                Brussels | 2019
    The Print Fair, 
                Group exhibition 
                Tel-Aviv | 2019
    'Kodoku'
    Solo exhibition, Space Place Gallery
    •     Russia | 2018
  • Local Testimony
    Group exhibition, Eretz Israel Museum 
    Tel Aviv | 2018
EDUCATION
International Center of Photography, 
Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism Program.  2019-2020 
© GILI BENITA, 2025