Artist receives recognition in Julia Margaret Cameron competition

I’m so honored to share the news that 3 of my images from ‘The Lost Years’ series received Honorable Mention (Portraits) in the 16th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers. The awards were juried by Barbara Davidson (Three time Pulitzer-prize winning photo-journalist) and Elizabeth Biondi (Visuals editor of the New Yorker Magazine for 15 years).

Images:

1- Rough Seas
2- Sheltering in Place: Day 34
3- Safer at Home: Day 17

Julia Margaret Cameron (11 June 1815 – 26 January 1879) was a British photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorian men and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature. She also produced sensitive portraits of women and children.

I have been working on a photographic series since 2012 called 'The Lost Years'. It documents the years that most adults cannot remember, before the age of seven.

When I left my 20 year career in local TV news, I worked jobs here and there but nothing felt like I had hit the jackpot like when I became a nanny. I went back to school and took every Child Development class offered.

Working with infants and children watching them day to day, I was hit with the realization that these wonderful days filled with giggles and struggle would not be something the child would remember. I became a witness to their stories and took on the role of documenter.

When Covid-19 hit, we entered a bubble and I expanded my documenting to the children in that bubble.

For more information about my work please go to http://www.lauriefreitag.com