Lauren Midgley

Lauren

Midgley

Norman, OK

Photography

https://www.iamwonderandlight.com/

Begging to push the boundaries of photography and with limited resources, I set out to utilize the only original thing I have -- my personal life experience.

Artist Statement

In my exploration of photography as an artistic medium, I found myself increasingly frustrated and limited by the immediately gratifying nature of the beast. Begging to push the boundaries of photography and with limited resources, I set out to utilize the only original thing I have -- my personal life experience. By choosing to tap into the deepest yearnings my heart, as a jumping-off point, I transform my virtual canvas into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of my own imagining. Through this medium, I’ve fostered deeper connection with my audience through exploration of emotive experience and while offering a safe space for acknowledgment of similar experience.

Artist Bio

Owner of wonder + light, llc, I studied Studio Arts at Texas Tech University. I am a self-taught photographer, and photoshop enthusiast, and have lived in Florida, Arkansas, Washington D.C, New Mexico, and Nebraska before settling in Oklahoma. I am a devoted wife and mother. My favorite things are family, salsa, traveling, and puzzles. Solving creative challenges is my superpower. I studied fine arts at Texas Tech University and began my journey with photography in 2015. I have experience in several photographic genres including weddings, families, products, and the 19th-century wet plate collodion process, but my chosen focus is Conceptual Fine Art Photography.