Laura Pannack
My art focuses on social documentary and portraiture, and seeks to explore the complex relationship between subject and photographer.
I am driven by research led, self-initiated projects that push me both as an artist and as an individual. I need to question what I don’t understand and access worlds closed off to me. I am drawn to adventure, I want to roam and play with the limitations and dynamics of photography as an art and as act.
I largely shoot on analogue film allowing the process to be organic rather than being predefined by fixed ideas, thus removing additional pressure on the sitter.
I try to understand the lives of those I capture, and to present them creatively. I’m a firm believer that time, trust and understanding is the key to portraying subjects truthfully, as such, many of my projects develop over several years.
This particular approach allows a genuine connection to exist between sitter and photographer, which in turn elucidates the intimacy of these very human exchanges. My images aim to suggest the shared ideas and experiences that are entwined in each frame that I shoot.
My work aims to tell and inspire stories .I want to connect and emotionally engage with you.
Projects
- BARUCHStories for Change - A collaboration with 1854 Media and Panasonic Laura Pannack’s new project, supported by Panasonic LUMIX’s Stories for Change collaboration with British Journal of Photography, is a bold documentation of a young Hasidic man stepping away from the stricter bounds of his faith. Full project available here: https://lumixstoriesforchange.com/stories/baruch-by-laura-pannack/
Projects credited in
- LAURA PANNACK — THE JOURNEY HOME FROM SCHOOL, CAPE FLATS 2024MAKING OUR WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL IS A SIMPLE, NOSTALGIC, UNIVERSAL ACTIVITY. LAURA HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CAPE FLATS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THEY FACE THE THREAT OF CROSSFIRE DAILY AS THEY TAKE THIS JOURNEY. LAURA SHARED CAMERAS AND TECHNIQUES WITH THEM TO TELL THIS STORY. IMAGES FROM THIS PROJECT ARE FINALISTS IN THE 2024 TAYLOR WESSING AWARDS, THE AOP AWARDS PROJECT CATEGORY, BJP’S PORTRAIT OF HUMANITY, THE LIST KEEPS GROWING…
- NPG Taylor Wessing 2024 - Sophie Ebrard and Laura PannackWe're thrilled to share that two of our photographers' work was nominated for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize this year, that took place earlier this week at the @nationalportraitgallery in London!! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCXIE9nNjEw/ Laura Pannack — The Journey Home From School, Cape Flats 2024 @laurapannack Making our way home from school is a simple, nostalgic, universal activity. Laura has been collaborating with young people in the cape flats in South Africa. They face the threat
- NPG Taylor Wessing 2024 - Sophie Ebrard and Laura PannackWe're thrilled to share that two of our photographers' work was nominated for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize this year, that took place earlier this week at the @nationalportraitgallery in London!! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCXIE9nNjEw/ Laura Pannack — The Journey Home From School, Cape Flats 2024 @laurapannack Making our way home from school is a simple, nostalgic, universal activity. Laura has been collaborating with young people in the cape flats in South Africa. They face the threa2
- Laura Pannack — The Journey Home From School, Cape Flats 2024Laura Pannack — The Journey Home From School, Cape Flats 2024 https://www.instagram.com/p/DBt_uUNNOql/?igsh=MWR1cnY3N3gxNzljZQ== Making our way home from school is a simple, nostalgic, universal activity. Laura has been collaborating with young people in the cape flats in South Africa. They face the threat of crossfire daily as they take this journey. Laura shared cameras and techniques with them to tell this story. Images from this project are finalists in the 2024 Taylor Wessing awards, th1
- Laura Pannack shoots for NHSLAURA PANNACK — DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BACK RECENT WORK THAT LAURA SHOT ALONGSIDE TV FOR MULLENLOWE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VACCINATING YOUR CHILDREN. https://wyattclarkejones.com/laurapannack/laurapannackdhsc2024?projectid=2537
- AOP 2024 NOMINATIONS!!Super excited to announce that a few of our photographers are finalists for this AOP awards in 2024 @assocphoto , read the list below to see who and what for - looking forward to the awards night!! Todd Antony - documentary Adam Hinton – documentary Samuel Hicks – environment Samuel Hicks – lifestyle Julia Fullerton-Batten – portrait Sophie Ebrard – portrait Adam Hinton - sport Laura Pannack - project #awards #award #aopfinalist #aop2024 #aop #finalist #art#photography #awardshow
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Work history
PhotographerWyatt-Clarke & Jones
London, United KingdomFull Time
Skills
- Photography
- Artistic Design
- Teaching