Elizabeth Heyert is an American photographer known for her experimental portrait projects. Formerly a world-renowned architectural photographer, Heyert established her reputation in the art world with her groundbreaking series THE SLEEPERS, THE TRAVELERS, THE NARCISSISTS, and THE BOUND.

Heyert's photographs are in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Beinecke Library of Rare Books and Manuscripts at Yale University, and many private collections. Her latest book, METAMORPHOSIS (The Grenfell Press), a series of photographs of people in hypnotic trances or other states of subconscious transformation, was published in January, 2024. THE TRAVELERS, her iconic series of post-mortem portraits, was exhibitied during the 2024 Venice Art Biennale in Personal Structures/Beyond Boundaries.

A short list of her other photography books includes THE TRAVELERS (Scalo), the award-winning book from her series; THE OUTSIDER (Damiani) a conceptual portrait project shot in China; THE SLEEPERS (Sei Swann); THE NARCISSISTS (Silvana); METROPOLITAN PLACES (Viking Studio), a classic anthology of 20th century design which she wrote and photographed; and THE GLASS-HOUSE YEARS (Allanheld & Schram), a history of 19th century portrait photography.

Heyert graduated from the Royal College of Art, London. A native New Yorker, she lives in Greenwich Village, and has a studio in the Chelsea arts district.