Behind the Lens
Laura Dark has been shooting professionally for the past 17 years. She attended art school for a BFA and apprenticed for 2 years under a local commercial and portrait photographer. She is well versed on both sides of the camera as both Model and Photographer. It has been said that, “what Laura can do in a half a dozen frames would make grown men cry.” She is best known for her dark portrait and beauty work which has been described as, “beautiful and creative to the max….the images are so realistic and haunting…it’s insane.”
Laura is well known for her many publications, magazine covers, and her 2 years as Senior Fashion and Beauty Editor with the avant garde fashion magazine, Dark Beauty. She has been published in Gothic Beauty Magazine, Bizarre Magazine, and Auxiliary Magazine just to name a few.
Exhibitions
2012 – Madlab – “Too Much Photography” Exhibit
2012 – Allentown Museum of Art – “Gothic to Goth: Embracing the Dark Side”
2011 – Madlab – “Titus Andronicus” – solo show
2011 – Madlab – “Love, Life, Death”
2010 – Gallery 83
2009 – Gothcoming 2k9 Featured Artist
2009 – Madlab – “Too Much Photography” Exhibit
2009 – Damned II – A Macabre Fine Art Exhibition
2009 – Madlab – Volatility
2009 – MabLab – “All Things Go” Exhibit
2009 – MadLab – New Year – Old Resolutions
2009 – 10th Anniversay Dirty Show
2008 – Mephisto’s – Black Xmas Gallery Show
2008 – MadLab – “Too Much Photography” Exhibit
2008 – Damned – A Macabre Fine Art Exhibition
2007 – Exotica II
2007 – Dark Arts Expo
2006 – Halloween Photo Show – Focus Studios
2006 – The Masquerade Ball – Alrosa Villa Music and Art Show
2005 – Backdrop – Acme Arts Photo Show
2004 – Dead Can Dance – Uncle Dan’s Music and Art Show
2004 – Nightmare Visions – The House of Nightmares Presents Art by Laura Dark Photography
06-09 – Hostess of The House of Nightmares Group Shoot
Awards and Honors
Modelmayhem.com 2011 – Photographer of the Year – Runner Up
MODEL MAYHEM 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR!
Model Mayhem Photographer of the Week - 11 time winner
Model Mayhem Picture of the Day - 62 time winner
Model Mayhem Concept of the Day - 30 time winner
Deviantart.com Daily Deviation - 6 time winner
Deviantart.com Featured News – 28 times
PRINT CREDITS:
- Dark Beauty Magazine – COVER
- Giuseppina Magazine – COVER
- Propulsion Magazine – COVER
- Deadly Dessert Magazine – COVER
- Filigree Couture Magazine -COVER
- Riot Vixen Magazine – COVER
- Ink Pushers Magazine – COVER
- Gorgeous Freaks Magazine – COVER
- TATUarte en la Piel Magazine – COVER
- Gothic Noir Magazine – MULTI COVERS
- Tattoo’d Lifestyle – COVER
- Tattoos Only – COVER
- Petite Alternative Magazine – COVER
- BMEzine – COVER
- The Metropolitan d’Etroit – COVER
- New York Optimist – COVER
- Synthetic Sensations Magazine – COVER
- Alt Noir Magazine – COVER
- American Gothique Magazine – COVER
- Gothic Beauty Magazine
- Bella Morte Magazine
- GlamRock Magazine
- Auxiliary Magazine
- Stripped Taboo and Fetish Magazine
- Alt Girls Magazine
- Fashion Avenue News
- Insects and Angels Magazine
- E-volved Magazine
- UNscene Magazine
- Cloud Orchid Magazine
- Lost and Found Magazine
- The Ladies of Steampunk Magazine
- Kultur Magazine, Dark Parlour Magazine
- Parfait Magazine
- Sugarheart Magazine
- Unique Teen Magazine
- Gladys Magazine
- LePurr Magazine
- Ell’ments Magazine
- The Cats Meow Magazine
- Filigree Magazine
- Gaunt Magazine
- Sinical Magazine
- Drive In Magazine
- Aphotic Magazine
- Renaissnace Magazine
- Sinical Magazine
- HYPE Tattoo Brazil Magazine
- Pistol Magazine
- Bizarre Magazine
- FACEon Magazine
- DDI Magazine
- Vault Magazine
- Model Venture Magazine
- Columbus ALIVE Magazine
- Girls and Corpses Magazine
- Crypt Magazine
- Mk Ultra Magazine
- Star Wars Insider – Artwork by Joe Corroney
- The City Morgue
- The Lantern
Clothing Designers and Stylists Credits
Elegy Clothing, Hades Shoes, DarkSpectre Custom Couture, Ivy’s Custom Corsets, Devoid N Deveil, Irregular Pearl, LoveChild Boudoir, Artwith Latex, Dawnamatrix Latex, Cinched Tight, Anti.Label, Romantic Threads, Atelier Gothique, Irregular Pearl, KMK Designs, CryoFlesh, Cameo Intimates, Ford Couture, Crude Things, Cara Crass, DeathGlam, Organic Armor, Enigma Fashions, Black Mirror Designs, The House of S and M, Slyx Latex, Sisters of the Moon, Analisa Ravella, Three Muse Clothing, Miss Fiendish Shoes, Leather Realm Fashion, S.M. Hertz Clothing, Mange la Mode, Kambriel, Lip Service, Drac-In-A-Box, Eirik Aswang, The House of S and M, Peacock Blue Designs, Corset Kitten Closet, Artifice Clothing, Azrael’s Accomplice Designs, Art of Adornmen,t Blackpin Hats, Retroscope Fashions, Louise Black
Online Credits
Extra Content Website and Youtube, Kotaku.com website, Illamasqua Makeup – Website Blog, BMEzine – FRONT PAGE, Sisters of the Moon Design Catalog, Drac-In-A-Box Clothing, Romantic Threads.com, Darkspectre.com, Allentown Museum of Art, Atelier Gothique Jewelry, Mini Top Hats.com, Alrosa Villa, Kambriel.com, Blackpin Hats Website, Retroscope Fashions Website
Reference Work For Artists:
Joe Corroney, Jay Fife, Travis Ingram, LeanneM
Ad and Commercial Work
2012 Hastings Music and AAO print ads for Ohiya Friends, Trauma 2009 Ads, Leather Realm Fashion Catalog, S.M. Hertz Clothing Catalog, Drac-In-A-Box Online Ads
CD Covers and Band Credits
Noise Auction, BobaFlex, Liquid6teen, Jerry Vayne, Tom Cline – Solo CD