Larissa Zaidan was born in São Paulo, Brazil. She began her career in photojournalism at VICE Brazil in 2016. At VICE, for 4 years, she mainly documented youth culture and the LGBTQIA+ universe, photographing and directing documentaries such as the series on sex called "Transe".

In 2018, she was included in the list of promising young photographers by VICE Photo Issue. Her photographic works have been published in NY Times, The New Yorker, Financial Times, Wired, California Sunday Magazine, and Business Week. As a director she has worked with brands such as Nike, Spotify, TikTok, Colors, Mastercard, Puma, and on music videos and short films for artists such as Rico Dalasam, Mano Brown, Ravi Lobo and Yago Oproprio. She has won awards such as Revelation in Direction and Best music video for advertising at the M-V-F Awards and Clio Awards. Currently, she is represented by Stink Films and based in São Paulo.