Laurie Swope Photography

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A self-taught editorial, portrait and fine art photographer, Laurie’s images have been exhibited in galleries from Athens and Crete, to Boston and Johnson City, Texas.

Laurie’s portrait series Before Self-Consciousness- a long term photography project documenting her sons’ childhood and brotherhood- was featured in the 8th Edition Regional Showcase of the Fence and Panopticon Gallery’s juried show First Look 2022.

Selections from Laurie’s ongoing project Through the Ice- a series of portraits and lifestyle images documenting the local communities of cold water immersion enthusiasts- have been exhibited at Panopticon Gallery’s First Look 2025: Second Glance, the Marblehead Arts Association’s Variations juried show and recognized by the 2025 Monovisions competition, the 2024 London Photography Awards and 2024 Prix de la Photographie de Paris.

As an editorial photographer, Laurie has gained extensive experience contributing to the Boston Globe, the Boston Globe Magazine, the Washington Post, the Boston Herald, and other editorial, corporate, and commercial publications. Her photographs have been recognized with first place awards in the Southern and Northern Short Course competitions of the National Press Photographers Association, as well as the Boston Press Photographers Association. They have been featured in Time-Life Books, the America 24/7 book project, and in various corporate and commercial outlets.

Laurie, a cold water immersion enthusiast herself, has been photographing portraits of her fellow cold water plungers during the winters since 2022 at a nearby pond. She lives in the historic seaside town of Marblehead with her husband and two teenage sons, and swims in the ocean several times a week all year round.