Photography Biography
Boston-based portrait artist, Lora Brody, creates opportunities for her subjects to tell stories through self-presentation. She prints her work using both alternative photographic processes including ziatypes and cyanotypes, as well as modern pigment prints.
Her images have been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Harvard University, and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Her pictures hang in the Boston Red Sox Corporate Office and other private collections. The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine has published her images both as cover photographs and a photo essay. Awards include a PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris, and the Gold Medal in the 2014 San Francisco International Photography Exhibition.
Brody, an Affiliated Scholar at the Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center, created the Reunion Project, which uses photography and the written word to explore seniors’ self-perceptions about aging while giving them a voice to connect to younger generations.
Solo and Featured Exhibitions
2012: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. “Grandstand to Gallery.” Jurors: Malcolm Rogers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director, and Richard Bresciani, Boston Red Sox Vice President, Archivist and Historian
2012: Magenta Foundation, Harbor Walk Outdoor Installation, Boston, MA. “Flash Forward Festival”
2011: FP3 Gallery, Boston, MA
2008: Tasmin R. Kaplan & Associates, Belmont, MA
2007: Wainwright Bank, Cambridge, MA
2007: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
2006: The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022: Morean Arts Center, St Petersburgh, Florida. “Being Seen”
2021: Soho Photo Gallery International Alternative Processes Competition, NY, NY.
2021: Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. Lafayette City Center, Boston MA. “Once Upon A Time: Photographs that Inspire Tall Tales”
2021: Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. “Atelier 32”
2021: Griffin Museum of Photography, Lafayette City Center, Boston, MA. “Splash”
2018: Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY. “Moved To Act!” Exhibition traveled to additional venues including Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI, and Hess Gallery, Pine Manor College, Brookline, MA
2016: The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA and Photoville, NYC. Curator: Aline Smithson, Editor in Chief, Lenscratch
2016: The Curated Fridge, Somerville, MA. Curator: Paula Tognarelli, Executive Director and Curator, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2015: Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA. Juried Show
2014: International House, New Orleans, LA, in collaboration with PhotoNOLA and PO3+
2014: Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA. “18th Annual Members Juried Show”
2014: Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts, Concord, MA. “Liminal: The Space Between. An Exhibition of Contemporary Photography.” Juror: Barbara Hitchcock
2011: Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA. “Then & Now: The Enduring Allure of Light in Photography.” Juror: Joel Meyerowitz
2010: The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2007: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. “National Prize Show”
2006: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. “BLUE.” Juror’s Choice Award. Juror: Carole Anne Meehan, Institute of Contemporary Art, Vita Brevis Project Director
2006: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. “National Prize Show.” Juror: Cheryl Brutvan, Beal Curator of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
2005: Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. Juried show: “RED”
2005: Rice Polak Gallery, Boston, MA. “Batter Up!”
Special Photography Exhibitions
The Reunion Project (2015 to Present) Portraits and the written word to explore seniors’ self-perceptions about aging
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Bridgewater Town Green, Bridgewater, MA
Brookline Town Hall, Brookline, MA
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center, Waltham, MA
Collections
Boston Red Sox Corporate Office
Devon, Provincetown, MA
Lobster Pot, Provincetown, MA
Private Collections, US and International
Selected Honors and Awards
2014: San Francisco International Photography Exhibition, San Francisco, CA. Gold Medal Award. Juror: Paula Tognarelli
2014: Residency at Goa Center for Alternative Photography, Goa, India
2012: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Boston Red Sox, “Grandstand to Gallery” Fenway Park Competition winner. Jurors: Malcolm Rogers, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Director, and Richard Bresciani, Boston Red Sox Vice President, Archivist and Historian.
2011: PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Paris. Official Selection
2010: Boston University Center for Digital Imagining Arts, PixBoomBlog. 1st Prize selection by National Geographic photographer Cary Wolinsky and Robert Caputo
Selected Bibliography
2020: The Enterprise, Bridgewater, MA. Feature article “Then and Now” with photographs about the Reunion Project outdoor installation. Author: Mina Copuz
2019: News 22, NBC affiliate interview about Loomis Reunion Project Installation
2019: We Who March: Photographs and Reflections on the Women’s March, by Ellen Feldman. Several photographs included in the collection
2019: Brightness Falls by Ellen Steinbaum, CW Publishers. Cover photograph
2012: Provincetown Arts Magazine. Feature article “Provincetown Blues” about exhibition of cyanotype images at The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012: Cape Cod Times article “Cape Codder Has Fenway Photo at MFA.” Author: Rachel Southmayd
2004: Boston Globe Magazine. Cover photograph: “Days Cottages”
2006: Boston Globe Magazine. “Summer/Winter” photo essay. Text by Charlie Pierce
Photographic Publications
2017-18: BrodyCrossRoadsAmerica. On-line travel blog with photographs
2014: Mary Sister’s Children. Hyderabad Children’s Aid Society Portrait Collection
2012-13: The Big Trip. On-line travel blog with photographs
Collaborations
2018: Hand-made artist book of Fenway Park images with poet Gail Mazur and book artist Mark Farber
Affiliations
Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center, Waltham, MA
Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Education
New York University, B.A.
Represented by Susan Ginsberg, Writers House, NYC