About me

I am an arist and photojournalist and began all this long before digital photography was a notion. I am a Black and White DARK ROOM photographer, so I persist in the fashion to which I was taught: classical, medium format work. I tend to use ambient lighting, as it exists.

I am afraid people are now SO ACCUSTOMED to digital imagery, photo shopping and digital alteration, there is little understanding of what traditonal gelatin silver work is. This friends, is it!

I adore viusal honesty, so that is what I bring. THIS IS BLACK AND WHITE, medium format, low light, gelatin silver, dark room work, the kind that's been around for ages, and that will continue to endure for it's sheer poetic beauty. THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS.

MY prints on fiber paper will still be here in 100 years. Think of that: 100 years! That turns me on! It is, really, what I live for! My work defines me; within each image rests something of my soul.

Photography freezes fleeting moments of life, capturing time; poetic and profound. I hope my images share these qualities.

I am an artist, writer, wife, mother, rancher, rescuer, designer and gardener.

You can also find me at: http://www.jpgmag.com/people/LauraHartley and at
http://www.redbubble.com/people/LauraHartley