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Laura Anderson '21
*sixth photograph of Hidden Gems series
2019
Series of Photographs
By Laura Anderson '21
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
Link to Website
2023
Interactive 3D animation installation
I made these photos at the abandoned Oppenheimer film set in Ghost Ranch, NM. Downwinders in NM harmed by test radiation remain uncompensated by RECA.
35mm Photography
This is a picture a created from 40 raw pictures I took of the same fruit cup. Compiling all 40 images into one allowed me to show everything in focus
2018
Digital Photograph
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
Photography
Popular Korean and American soda brands represent my Korean-Americanness, and the crushing pressures of assimilation that warps self-perception.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
Photo
I created a visual representation of the concept of ‘truth’ in a minimalistic style represented by the light and woman’s bare shoulders.
Acrylic paint on canvas
She wipes the mask off after a long day.
Photoshop
Self portrait at the height of COVID and my own extraordinary depression.
2020
Oil paint on canvas
My family, despite being cramped in a bungalow room that was our home, share warmth and happiness beyond understanding.
I made this piece as an exploration of how cows are perceived in different cultures, and society’s relationship to animals as a whole.
2015
Mixed Media
An ode to a few of many meaningful moments shared with friends over a cafe drink – Coffee at Peet’s, Chai by Meyer Green, and Matcha over Zoom.
2024
Gouache on Paper
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
Acrylic on Canvas
In “closeted”, a silhouette projected onto a bralette in a closet reimagines the queer closeted experience as a positive one.
Projection Installation
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
India to America. When the kids go to school everyday, they can see our own school, and not feel so far, despite being halfway around the world.
2017
Enamel Paint
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
Oil on Canvas
Series of 22 photographs reimagining tarot cards (Rider-Waite deck Major Arcana), to reflect the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world.
Digital Photographs
This painting speaks to how beauty lies in impermanence, contrasting eternal mountains and passing mist.
ink on rice paper; poetry