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Laura Straus
Photographs
New York New York

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Employment

River Road Art, ltd. (2008): President of independent gallery scheduled to open in 2010
Scholastic / Parent & Child Magazine (2004): Contributing photographer.
New York Foundation for the Arts (2002): Teaching Fellow, an Artist’s Residency. Selected from among 150 NYFA 2002 Fellows to take part in a teaching position in association with Cornell University ’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum .
Married in America (2002): Still Photographer for Documentary film and book publication in process directed by Michael Apted following nine couples through marriage.
Artists Rights Society (1998 to present): Rights Administrator defending the rights of artists and their estates and responsible for selling the rights to their works in North America .  Artists include Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse, Mark Rothko and over 40,000 other artists.
Abbeville Press (1994 to 1998): Director of Photography, department of photo acquisitions.
Magnum Photos (1990 to 1993): Photo Editor / Director of Corporate Department. Edited photographs from prestigious collection of photojournalists for magazines, newspapers, and publications.
 
Monographs 
What Fathers Are (2002)
For Dad with Love(2002)
Fathers and Daughters(2001) 
Girls Girls Girls (2001)
What Love Is (2001)   
 What Mothers Are (2001)
What Girlfriends Do (1999)
The Bride’s Book of Weddings (1999)
The Classic Cocktails Book (1999)
What Girlfriends Do (1999)
All above titles published by Andrews & McMeel Publishers, Kansas City , MO.
A Child’s World (2000)
Published by Hearst Publications and Welcome Enterprises, New York , NY .
  
Publications / Media  
Crown Publishing Group (2009): Book cover for Chris Bohjalian's "Skeleton's at the Feast".
Fit Pregnancy (2008): June/July magazine article.
Slippery Slope (2005): Still photographer for film directed by Sarah Schenk.
Gamine (2004): Still photographer for film directed by Sharon Barnes.
Woody Allen Fall Project (2004): Work selected for inclusion in incidental background stage dressing.
Parent & Child Magazine, Scholastic (2004): Contributing photographer.
Boston Globe (2003, 2004): Sunday Ideas section.
Editions de La Martinière (2003): L’Amour, a collection of the great photographs of love in 20th Century.
New York Graphic Society (2003): Fine art posters.
Holt Rinehart Publishing Company (2002): Al and Tipper Gore’s The Spirit of Family.
Harper Collins Publishers (2002): Cover and interior photographs for a Brown Sugar, a cookbook by Joyce White.
New York Times, Elle Magazine (2002): Numerous photographs appeared in association with Michael Apted’s documentary film project, “Married in America ”.
Parenting Magazine (2001 to 2003): Contributing photographer for magazine.
Viking Penguin Publications (2002): Cover of Leaving Katia, a novel by Paul Greenberg (and author photo).
First Signs (2001): Sole photographer for web, parent kits, educational mailers and video for non-profit company dedicated to early identification and intervention of children with autism and other developmental disorders.
Viking Penguin Publications (2001): Cover of Love in Two Languages, a non-fiction title by Bonnie Ohye, Ph.D.  
Workman Publishers (2000): Author photograph for Abby Stokes’ It’s Never too Late to Love your Computer. Abbeville Press (1999 to 2000): Included in calendars Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water House, Coffee Calendar.  Selected works were also included in TF:Cocktails (plus French edition cover). 
 
Exhibitions
Florida State Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL (2006): Included in photography exhibition for a curatorial project based on the topical issue of the role of family structure, as well as its change, in 20th and 21st century life is being developed by the Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, curated by Viki D. Thompson Wylder.
Albany Center Galleries, Albany , NY (2005): Group exhibition.
Decisive Moments: A tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson (2005): Juried on-line exhibition and winner of honorable mention curated by Sue Brisk, editorial director Magnum Photos, Howard Greenberg, Lesley Martin, executive book editor, Aperture, and Esther Woerdehoff,
Camera Club of New York, NY (2004): Solo exhibition curated by Ralph Gibson.
Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York, NY (2004): Chelsea Global 2004 exhibition competition.
Ceres Gallery , New York , NY (2004): Sixth National Juried Show curated by Fereshteh Daftari, assistant curator in the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modem Art as Juror.
Photo District Gallery , New York , NY (2004): Group Exhibition.
Texas Photographic Society, San Marcos , TX (2004): Witliff Gallery juried exhibition.
Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry , NY (2004): Annual small works juried exhibition.
American Society of Picture Professionals, NY (2003 to present): On-line gallery exhibitions at http://www.aspp.com/gallery/gallery.lasso or http://www.aspp.com/gallery/index_archive21.lasso
Buddy Holly Center Fine Arts Gallery, Berkeley , CA (2002): Illuminance 2002 juried by Judy Dater, a significant contemporary photographer and instructor of photography at the University of California Extension program.
  
Awards
Camera Club of New York, NY (2004): Winner of the 2004 National Juried Photography Competition curated by Ralph Gibson resulting in a solo exhibition.
Photo Review National Competition, New York , NY (2003): Photo Review juried by Bill Hunt, Director of Photography at Ricco/Maresca Gallery.
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York , NY (2002): Awarded $7,500.00 fellowship in photography. Brush Art Gallery , Oswego , NY (2000): Award in the Photo2000 Black and White Photography Classic Juried Photography Show.

 

 

 
 
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