Lauren is a freelance photographer and former corporate attorney who left an unfulfilling, 16-year career to follow her passion for photography. She is attracted to ideas and stories that display our commonalities as people; she believes human beings are much more alike than they are different. One of her greatest joys is to make candid photographs of people, in which a single frame can tell a multitude of stories. Lauren’s photography has received several awards and has been exhibited at various venues around the world, including: the Museum of the City of New York, “The Fence” at Photoville, The Half King Photo Series, and Coolture Impact’s exhibit in Times Square, in New York City. Her work and interviews have been published in a number of publications, including the New York Times; La Repubblica, CBS News, The New Yorker, Slate Magazine, various street photography books, as well as in the documentary film “Fill the Frame.” She also conducts private workshops and teaches photography for the Leica Akademie.
Despite the incessant predictions of its demise, Coney Island continues to attract visitors of all races, social classes and ethnicities, who, seeking respite from their quotidian stresses and routines, come together and inject the veins of “America’s Playground” with its celebrated joie de vivre.
Learn MoreGet a look behind the lens of award winning photographer Lauren Welles at Photoville during this street photography photo walk.
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