Laurie Swope Photography

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A self-taught fine art and editorial photographer, Laurie’ began her career as a small town newspaper reporter and photographer and continued on as a freelance photojournalist for various outlets such as the Boston Globe and Globe Magazine. Laurie’s fine art photography ranges from portrait, to landscape, to documenting lesser known communities. It has been exhibited in galleries in Venice, Siena, Athens, Crete, Johnson City, Texas, Boston,Winchester and Marblehead, Massachusetts.

Most recently, Laurie’s print “Snowball” was selected for inclusion in Art-Icon’s Static Cinema exhibit in Venice in September of 2025 and her print “Nowhere” was included in the All You Can See exhibit in Siena, Italy for its commended recognition in the 2025 Siena Creative Photography Awards.

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. It was also recognized by 2028 International Monovisions competition.

Selections from Laurie’s ongoing project Through the Ice, documenting a local community of cold water plungers, has been featured on All About Photo and displayed at the Siena Creative Photography Awards’ All You Can See exhibit, Panopticon Gallery’s First Look 2025: Second Glance, and the Variations juried show at the Marblehead Arts Association. They have also been recognized by the 2025 Siena Creative Photography Awards, the 2025 Exposure One awards, the 2024 and 2025 Prix de la Photographie de Paris, the 2025 Monovisions competition, and the 2024 London Photography Awards.

A cold water enthusiast herself, Laurie cold plunges several times a week all year round in the ocean and fresh water ponds. She lives in a small coastal New England town with her husband and two teenage sons.