Lauren Shaw

Lauren Shaw is a photographer, documentary filmmaker, and educator. She received her MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. She taught at Emerson College for 52 years and is now Professor Emerita in its Department of Visual and Media Arts. She also co-founded New England Women in Photography.

Her photographs are held in collections including the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her project Maine Women: Living on the Land combined a photographic installation, a book, and a documentary film. Her films include Angkor’s Children, If They Had Known, and Routine Interrupted, and have screened at film festivals, museums, and educational institutions. (Website, Instagram)