Grant Ernhart photography

© Laura Swanson

I can finally write a post highlighting my good friend Laura Swanson. She has made the decision after much debate to create a website and share her work. This is good news for us. Laura is currently an MFA candidate at RiSD, but she cut her teeth here in San Francisco at SFAI. Laura is also a former Minnesotan, which creates an even tighter bond than being merely SFAI alums!

She has been continuing to focus on portraiture and self-portraiture during her stint at RiSD. I think much of her new work is simultaneously beautiful, slightly humorous and a little bit disturbing. It definitely makes an impact when it first comes across your eyes, but I think it also deftly navigates the topics of difference; cultural, gender and otherwise. Take a minute and visit her newly revamped and hopefully permanent web presence, there are plenty of interesting projects to see.