Laurel Anderson (b. 1983) is an American photographer whose work explores our interior lives, how those lives connect and isolate us, and the natural world's role in them.
An emerging fine art photographer, she began showing work in 2022. Her work has been collected by the Fort Wayne Museum of Art as well as the CollexArt Patron Collection. In 2022, she won multiple awards for her portraiture, landscapes, and composites, and was featured in over 20 exhibitions locally, nationally, and internationally. Prior to 2022, she was a design creative director.
Growing up in the San Juan mountains of Colorado, her connection to the natural world started early. At Stanford, she studied Cultural Psychology and International Relations, fascinated by the inner workings of our minds and the stories we tell ourselves and others.
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Exhibitions
2024
New Topographics: Contemporary Landscapes, Juror: Julee Katzman, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH
Monochrome, Juror: Henry Horenstein, A Smith Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Pretty in Pink, Juror: Ann Jastrab, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
2023
Color, Juror: Fran Forman, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Juror: Ross Anderson, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Portals, Juror: Roula Seikaly, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
The Constructed Image, Juror: Nicole Houff, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2023 International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Shana Lopes, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Contemporary Landscape, Juror: Stephen Johnson, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
The Poetry of the Ordinary, Juror: Sarah Sudhoff, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Altered, Juror: Stephanie Dowda DeMer, Gwinnett County Public Library, Duluth, GA
20th JMCA Exhibition, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab, Elizabeth Krist, FotoNostrum, Barcelona, Spain
Center Forward, Jurors: Hamidah Glasgow, Charles Guice, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
In Praise of Trees, Juror: Lee Anne White, Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Intl Photography Exhibition 65, Shortlist, The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, United Kingdom
Blue, Juror: Holly Hart, Decode Gallery, Tuscon, AZ
National Competition 2023, Juror: Elizabeth Ellenwood, Soho Photo Gallery, New York City, NY
Capturing the Light, Juror: Ann Jastrab, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Portraits, Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Night Skies and Astro Imaging, Curator: LoosenArt, Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy
Conceptual Photography, Juror: Mark Sink, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Juror: Orin Rutchick, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022
Portrait: Self and Others: Jurors: Aline Smithson, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2022 International Juried Exhibition, Juror: Paul Kopeikin, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
We Like Small Things, Juror: Jan Christian Bernabe, Filter Photo, Chicago, IL
The Green Environment, Juror: Douglas Stockdale, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
-scapes, Jurors: Zsolt Bátori, Borbála Jász, PH21 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Beauty in the Beasts, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
Color, Juror: Jeff Curto, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middelbury, VT
The National: Best Contemporary Photography, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Vantage Point, Griffin Museum of Photography @ Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA
Quiet Landscape, Jurors: Jacob, Alissa Hessler, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
2022 Juried Members Show, Juror: Gregory Harris, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
Community, The Image Flow Photography Center, San Anselmo, CA
It’s a Dog’s Life, Juror: Elizabeth Avedon, South x Southeast Photo Gallery, Molena, GA
Landscapes Juried Competition, Juror: Laszlo Perlaky, Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX
Forgotten, Juror: Alexa Dilworth, Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Words, Words, Words, Juror: Dallas Crowe, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Dreams & Imaginings, Juror: Susan Burnstine, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middelbury, VT
Transience, Juror: Aline Smithson, Praxis Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Juried Members Exhibition, Juror: Crista Dix, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Captured, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
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Awards
Category Winner: Professional Landscape Series, Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, Jurors: Elizabeth Avedon, Ann Jastrab, Elizabeth Krist, Barcelona, Spain
Review Santa Fe 100, CENTER, 2023
Finalist, Portraits, Juror: Amanda Smith, Kevin Tully, A Smith Gallery, 2023
Finalist, 2022 Landscape Award, Juror: Hannes Becker, The Independent Photographer, 2022
Purchase Award Winner, Intimate Landscape, Juror: Terri Weifenbach, CollexArt, 2022
Curator's Choice, Transience, Juror: Aline Smithson, Praxis Gallery, 2022
Finalist, 2022 Landscape Award, Juror: Kai Hornung, The Independent Photographer, 2022
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Collections
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Contemporary Photography Collection, Fort Wayne, IN, 2023
CollexArt, Patron Collection, Portland, ME, 2022
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Publications
Center for Photographic Art, 2023 International Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, December 2023
Praxis Gallery, The Constructed Image, Exhibition Catalogue, November 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery, The Poetry of the Ordinary, Exhibition Catalogue, October 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery, In Praise of Trees, Exhibition Catalogue, September 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery, Capturing the Light, Exhibition Catalogue, August 2023
A Smith Gallery, Portraits, Limited Edition, March 2023
LoosenArt, Night Skies and Astro Imaging, Exhibition Catalogue, May 2023
D’Art Gallery, Conceptual Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, March 2023
Praxis Gallery, Empty Places: Abandoned Spaces, Exhibition Catalogue, January 2023
PhotoPlace Gallery, Portrait: Self and Others, Exhibition Catalogue, December 2022
Center for Photographic Art, 2022 International Juried Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, October 2022
Fort Wayne Museum of Art,The National: Best Contemporary Photography, Exhibition Catalogue, September 2022
Southeast Center for Photography, The Green Environment, Exhibition Catalogue, September 2022
PH21 Gallery, -scapes, Exhibition Catalogue, September 2022
PhotoPlace Gallery, Color, Exhibition Catalogue, Exhibition Catalogue, August 2022
Griffin Museum of Photography, Vantage Point, Exhibition Catalogue, July 2022
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, 2022 Juried Members Show, Exhibition Catalogue, July 2022
Southeast Center for Photography, Forgotten, Exhibition Catalogue, June 2022
The Image Flow Photography Center, Community, Exhibition Catalogue, May 2022
PhotoPlace Gallery, Quiet Landscape, Exhibition Catalogue, May 2022
Praxis Gallery, Words, Words, Words, Exhibition Catalogue, May 2022
PhotoPlace Gallery, Dreams & Imaginings, Exhibition Catalogue, April 2022
Praxis Gallery, Transience, Exhibition Catalogue, April 2022
Center for Photographic Art, 2022 Juried Members Exhibition, Exhibition Catalogue, April 2022
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Education
2005 BA, International Relations, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2005 BA, Cultural Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA