Born in Washington, D.C., photographer and book artist Lauren Henkin graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and now resides in Portland, Oregon.

Henkin’s photographs the external landscape as a way to tell intimate internal stories. She states, “When photographing, I focus on trying to answer: What are the things that last? What, if anything, is permanent? When I look back on my work, seeing the progression from one series to another, I see a visual diary of my life, my worries, my fears, and hopes.”

Henkin is an educator, reviewer, frequent speaker, Photolucida board member and active member in the photographic community. She has self-published five books and recently launched her own imprint, Vela Noche, which focuses on handmade and fine press books. Her work is widely collected by institutions such as Southeast Museum of Photography, Beinecke Library, Yale University, Baker-Berry Library at Dartmouth College and many private collectors. Her work has appeared in numerous journals on photography and the book arts including Publish Your Photography Book, Light Leaks, Shots Magazine, Black+White Magazine, Diffusion Magazine, Flak Photo, Urbanautica, Landscape Stories, Parenthesis and The Washington Post. She is a Px3 multi-category winner, Oregon Regional Arts & Culture Council grant winner, with other award nominations in both the Brink Emerging Artist and Contemporary Northwest Art Awards. In 2010, she founded Photo Radio, an online audio program presenting interviews with curators, gallerists, artists, publishers, educators and other industry professionals.