Leica Stories: In Conversation, with Lauren Welles

Join us as we sit down with photographer Lauren Welles to discuss her approach to storytelling through still images and how her work as a mentor inspires her creative vision.

• 0:00 - Introduction
• 1:00 - How Welles Got Started in Photography
• 8:18 - Teaching Photography to the Youth—NYC Salt Photography Program
• 17:52 - What Inspires Welles
• 20:39 - Seeing the Moment
• 26:22 - Feeling the Pressure of Always Producing
• 30:11 - Welles’s Stick Ball Project
• 35:15 - Welles’s Work
• 39:31 - Why Welles Started Using Leica
• 44:12 - Welles’s Work Continued
• 1:01:09 - Final Thoughts

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