Jahel Guerra

Who Is Jahel?

Jahel ("the h is silent", she explains), is a Venezuelan documentary and art photographer based in Barcelona, who has a special fascination for people and the stories written on their bodies. She loves observing closely and listening carefully to create portraits of those who make her heart beat faster. Her photographic practice is rooted in a personal exploration of identity, particularly through the lens of the Latin American diaspora. She understands photography not as a neutral tool, but as something charged, capable of reinforcing structures or dismantling them so her goal, she says, is decolonising visual narratives. As a feminist artist, her images often center on female identity, tenderness, resistance, and belonging, with projects developed both in Europe and Latin America. Alongside her personal work, Jahel also works on film sets, shooting still images that capture the invisible moments between takes: the glances, pauses, and energies that don’t always make it to the screen. In recent years, she has collaborated closely with Erika Lust, contributing not only as a stills photographer but also as a creative producer, bringing her visual sensitivity and political awareness into feminist erotic cinema.

Watch Jahel Guerra’s art porn films on ERIKALUST

You can see Jahel Guerra’s visual eye at work in Girls I Loved by the Pool. She was present on set, capturing still images that show the film’s softness, intimacy, and lesbian energy, offering a behind-the-scenes extension of the outdoor erotic story told on screen.