Laura Koskinen-Bennett

Fine Art Photography
 
 

Gallery

Dames of Anatomy

The Images in Dames of Anatomy address universal aspects of the female condition. Antique glass negatives of women are scanned and combined with medical ephemera. Although the women are anonymous, they speak a powerful language, each one initiating a quiet dialogue with the viewer.

Finding Elsa

Finding Elsa is a research project about my grandmother who emigrated from Finland to the United States in 1926. It was awarded a grant through The Luminous Endowment for Photographers.

Nine Children

Of all my work, I am closest to these images. Life is challenging as the mother of nine.

Uncontrollable Things

Experimental Mixed Media

Garden Apparitions

Cyanotypes on Botanical prints, each portrays a state of mind or physical conundrum.

Umbilicus

Umbilicus is a conceptual response to my life as the mother of nine children. The spherical form is an element I have referenced in my work throughout my career. It represents the womb, the original home of every living being. Whereas motherhood is a bit of a gamble in terms of predictable outcome, my work gives me a sense of control, or at least the illusion of it.

Laura's Garden: The Botanical Plates

I collect antique medical books and botanical plates. They are so gorgeous and graphic. These plates are my way of connecting the biology of the female condition to organic material from my garden.

Like Pearls

"If you want to protect your most sacred heirlooms, your genes, bury them in spherical treasure chests. Like pearls, eggs last for decades and they're hard to crush, and when they're solicited for fertilization, they travel jauntily down the fallopian tube." - excerpt from Woman: An Intimate Geography by Natalie Angier

Individual Works

Selected images I've made through the years.