Kathleen Laraia McLaughlin is a mother, photographer, and educator with an appetite for exploring the world. Wherever she goes, she brings a compassionate and curious lens backed by traditional film. For her efforts at capturing a disappearing world, she has received a Fulbright Senior Scholarship, an IREX IARO Grant (National Endowment for the Humanities), and a Houston Center for Photography Fellowship for her work in Romania. Her images have appeared in PDN, LensWork, Rangefinder, B&W Magazine, Black + WhitePhotography (UK), and The Times Saturday Magazine (UK). Her photographs have been exhibited both nationally and internationally and are in the permanent collections at the Museum of Photographic Art in San Diego, Western Virginia Museum of Art, and the U.S. Embassy in Bucharest.
The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramures is Kathleenâ??s first monograph of photographs. This book was released in March, 2011. (www.colorofhay.com).
Kathleen received her MFA in Photography from Virginia Commonwealth University. She currently is Adjunct Faculty at Loyola Marymount University and at the Academy of Art University San Francisco (online). Kathleen has been an active member of the Society for Photographic Education and was on the West regional board for four years. You can find more about her photography at www.klmphoto.com.
Awards 2014 Artist Exhibition and Travel Grant, Honghe Photography Festival, Yunnan, China; 2014 National Geographic Traveler Magazine, December/January issue, Best of World Feature Story, reproduction, Washington, D.C.; 2013 Cultural Journalist Grant, Romanian Cultural Institute, Bucharest, Romania; 2012 Artist Lecture and Exhibition Travel Grant to Romania, United States Department of State; 2012 Honorable Mention, The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramures, Los Angeles Book Festival; 2012 A Survey of Documentary Styles in Early 21st Century Photobooks, Indie Photobook Library; 2011 LensWork Extended #95, multimedia publication, 39 images and audio interview, Anacortes, Washington; 2011 Runner-up, The Color of Hay: The Peasants of Maramures, London Book Festival; 2011 Artist Lecture and Exhibition Travel Grant, Xiang Sha Wan Photography Week, Inner Mongolia, China; 2009 Documentary Finalist, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards; 2006 Excellence Award, B&W Magazine, Arroyo Grand, California; 2005 Winner, Top 50, Critical Mass, Photolucida, Portland, Oregon; 2004 Photography Fellowship, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, Texas; 2003 Fulbright Senior Scholarship Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Washington, D.C.; 2002 Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (IARO) Fellowship, International Research & Exchange Board; National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Washington, D.C.
