TANYA LACOURSE

Graceful and fluid, Tanya crouches down or balances upon her tippy-toes to capture singularity in moments and objects.

She photographs the hushed and the understated; the celebratory; and the vibrancy of days turning into nights and nights turning into days.

Raised in suburbia where uniformity is expected, she has spent her adult life seeking out texture in Boston, New York City, Barcelona and San Francisco. Exploring language, culture, food and geography, Tanya is inspired by the constant swelling and murmur of everything she can fit into one lifetime.

She is also inspired by living in fullness; by color and reflection; by softness and integrity; by femininity and by the greater good. She read somewhere that seeing comes before words and she couldn’t agree more.

A self-trained photographer since junior high school, Tanya spent five years honing her eye and business skill as a fine arts administrator with Pucker Gallery, Yossi Milo Gallery, and The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

She utilizes cameras both analogue and digital including a 35mm SLR, the Holga 120, a Polaroid, a Hasselblad, and a DSLR.

If she could have tea with one of her most beloved photographers, she would surely invite Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, and Alec Soth and make it a party.