About Me

My name is Laura Michelle Di Filippo, and I am currently a student at Seneca College in the Independent Digital Photography program.

This blog is for a History of Imaging project, and I am outlining three photographers who inspire me. Here you will find a short biography of each, their influences, their photography style, and why I admire them.

The photographers I decided to research are Dave LaChapelle, Sally Mann, a young photographer I had come across a few years ago, and have been following her work for quite some time; Lara Jade. I decided to focus mainly on their portraiture, because that is the genre of photography I am most interested in.

I've always loved creative and interesting portraits. Something beyond just a headshot on a plain background. I enjoy taking photos of people, and I always like to find new ways to capture the human form. I tend to focus on letting the personality of the person in the photograph to show through, making each photograph unique. Sally Mann is a perfect example of this, which is why I chose her to study.

I also love experimenting with colour and dynamic things. I am just learning photoshop this year, and it has opened a whole new world for me, what with playing with colour, retouching photos and changing small things about each photo to make it new and interesting. I love surreal photographs, and hope to experiment more with the larger-than-life-ness that you see in Dave LaChapelle's photos.

Finally, I chose to look further into Lara Jade's work. I admire this girl because she is around my age, and has made quite a name for herself in various parts of Europe, as well as having beautiful portrait photographs. I love her style, and how she makes everything very soft and classic, always timeless. I like taking photos that will always be in style, timelessness is very important to me.