Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Join photographer and Leica Akademie instructor Lauren Welles in a conversation with Leica Product Specialist John Kreidler. Learn about Lauren Welles path from lawyer to photographer. What she looks for in a photograph and how she stumbled upon her long term project on Stick Ball in New York.
Recorded live July 20th, 2023
UPCOMING WORKSHOP - AUGUST 12th-13th, 2023 - New York
leicacamerausa.com/learning-to-see-with-lauren-welles.html
Bio:
Lauren Welles 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 that, as human beings, we are much more alike than we are different. One of her greatest joys is to make candid photographs of people, in which a single frame can tell a multitude stories.
Her photography has received several awards and has been exhibited at various venues around the world, including: "The Fence" at Photoville, the Museum of the City of New York; Arsenal Gallery Central Park, The Half King Photo Series, and Coolture Impact’s interactive exhibit in Times Square/Port Authority, all in New York City; HistoryMiami Museum; HeadOn Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia; and Gudberg Nerger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. Her work and interviews have been published in various publications, including the New York Times; La Repubblica, CBS News, The New Yorker, Slate Magazine, Clavoardiendo, Spain, and various street photography books.
In addition to being a Leica Akademie instructor, Lauren teaches photography to high school students from underserved communities at the NYC SALT program in New York City.
Join photographer and Leica Akademie instructor Lauren Welles in a conversation with Leica Product Specialist John Kreidler. Learn about Lauren Welles path from lawyer to photographer. What she looks for in a photograph and how she stumbled upon her long term project on Stick Ball in New York.
Recorded live July 20th, 2023
UPCOMING WORKSHOP - AUGUST 12th-13th, 2023 - New York
leicacamerausa.com/learning-to-see-with-lauren-welles.html
Bio:
Lauren Welles 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 that, as human beings, we are much more alike than we are different. One of her greatest joys is to make candid photographs of people, in which a single frame can tell a multitude stories.
Her photography has received several awards and has been exhibited at various venues around the world, including: "The Fence" at Photoville, the Museum of the City of New York; Arsenal Gallery Central Park, The Half King Photo Series, and Coolture Impact’s interactive exhibit in Times Square/Port Authority, all in New York City; HistoryMiami Museum; HeadOn Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia; and Gudberg Nerger Gallery, Hamburg, Germany. Her work and interviews have been published in various publications, including the New York Times; La Repubblica, CBS News, The New Yorker, Slate Magazine, Clavoardiendo, Spain, and various street photography books.
In addition to being a Leica Akademie instructor, Lauren teaches photography to high school students from underserved communities at the NYC SALT program in New York City.
