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
- HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAYHappy International Woman’s Day to our incredible roster of female identifiying photographers and the creatives, from art directors, producers, camera crew to runners, assistant and HMUA we’ve had the opportunity to have worked with. This year’s campaign theme is 'Inspire Inclusion'. Something that we aspire to do within in every project and every commission we have the chance to work on. “When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world. And when women1
- Rocket Science Magazine - Issue 6Portfolio - Irina Rozovsky Interview - Irina Rozovsky by Jack Deese Money Talks - Samantha Cooper and Michelle Groskopf Money Talks photos - Caroline Tompkins and Maggie Shannon Studio Visit - Laura Pannack by Sam Bush Mentor - Jason Hanasik on Jo Ann Walters Bookshelf - Maisie Skidmore Day Off - Jake Stangel First Look - Gabriele Sciotto Soundtrack - Shane Lavalette www.rocketsciencemagazine.com
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