Ok so this post is LONG overdue…7 months overdue to be exact. But here it is finally, some pictures from the exhibition & tarot deck I helped co-curate with The Coven, Polyester Zine and Isabella Podpadec of Dream Wife in London in January. You can see more about the project here : http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/tarot-exhibition-060116?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=intsocial

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/what-will-2017-bring-consult-an-alternative-feminist-intersectional-tarot-deck-for-the-answer-1.3924126

This was such a special night to get to see so many artists from different parts of the world all come together! Apologies that there aren’t more pictures, I was a bit distracted all night! 

ps no there are no more tarot decks available, but thanks to everyone who came to get one at the opening night <3 

here’s a list of all the artists that participated and created a tarot card design for the show : 

Alice Go, Amanda Craig, Ambivalently Yours, Amrit Brar, Amy Gough, Ashley Armitage, Ava Asaadi, Ayesha Tan Jones, Bao Ngo, Becky McLoughlin, Bridget Meyne, Brie Moreno, Caitlin Hazel, Charline Bataille, Clara Talajik, Chloe Sheppard, Clio Peppiatt, Dessy Baeva, Denzel Wauchope, Eleanor Hardwick, Ellie Hoskins, Emily Belanger, Emily Franklin, Flora Fauna, Georgia Haire, Grace Miceli, Grace Mirindi, Hatti Rex, Hobbes Ginsberg, Hugo Lloyd Winder, Ian, Isabella Podpadec, Jasmin Risk, Jessica Dyer, Joe Watson Price, Jon Estwards, Joy Miessi, Kendra Yee, Kiki Nicole, Laurence Philomene, Lauren Crow, Linn Sundqivist, Liv Thurley, Lora Mathis, Louise Reimer, Lucky Los Santos, Lu Williams, Maggie Brennan, Maisie Cousins, Marlena Synchyshyn, Mars Hobrecker, Matthew Pettitt, Niall Gormley, Nicolette Iles, Nina Goodyer, Panteha Abareshi, Rachel Louise Hodgson, Rachel Povey, Ryan Humphrey, Saffa Khan, Sahar Gilani, Samantha Conlon, Secret Branch, Simon Fortin, Simone Blain, Sinae Lee, Sonia Choi, Starchild Stela, Swarm, Tayler Smith, Wendy Wong, Wishcandy, Zuzu Knew 

We gave each artist a specific card and a limited colour palette of red + blue + black + purple and made a limited edition tarot deck with the results ~~  our goal with it as always was to uplift the voices of a diverse group of artists <3

& you can also see some footage from the exhibition in my latest artist interview video with Ione Gamble, editor of polyester zine, here : https://www.adolescent.net/a/artist-interview-series-ione-gamble

xo

Laurence 

I’ve been super busy with my exhibition in Berlin last month and travelling since then but I’ve had a lot of press recently so I thought I’d post that on here! Photos from my berlin show to come soon as well <3 

first up is this feature on the official instagram account & one on the teen vogue account as well :) 

& a selection of some recent interviews : 

interview in Refinery 29 UK (june 2017)

interview in Missy Magazine (german) (may 2017)

interview in I-D magazine (may 2017)

interview in I-D Germany (german) (may 2017)

interview in Hunger Mag (may 2017)

interview in Vice Creators (may 2017)

& I also have some work in Favorite Zine along with a ton of wonderful photographers, you can pre-order the zine here : http://favoritezine.bigcartel.com/product/favorite & the proceeds will go to Las Fotos Project, a non-profit that helps girls and non-binary teens facing adversity through photography mentoring.

xo

Laurence

I just realized that I never got around to posting the images I shot for Teen Vogue’s september 2016 print issue! So here they are :) I shot two pages, one still life and one shoe spread ~ 

xo

Laurence

My latest artist interview is up on Adolescent! This time I interviewed Kendra Yee, just as she was about to graduate from OCAD - we talked about the characters she creates, and being a young artist - you can see the full video on the site :

https://www.adolescent.net/a/artist-interview-series-kendra-yee

xo

Laurence

Here is an editorial I shot for Somewhere x Nowhere’s Edelweiss collection, which I am absolutely in love with…tons of pinks, oranges, fluffy textures, I was really in my element with this one.

Models are my friends Rochelle & Flora :)

You can see the editorial on the brand’s site here : http://somewherenowhere.mysupadupa.com/laurence-philomene

& here it is below!

xo

Laurence