Photography Atelier

Laura Wolf

 A Quiet So Loud

I grew up in a family that did not talk about our feelings.  I believed the strong emotions I felt and the buzz in my head were normal. I believed that everyone experienced this. Eventually it became clear that I was different.

The act of staying present, the fear of being seen and the constant noise in my head leave me exhausted. To quiet my thoughts I look for the light hidden, in the mundane. I search for  clarity in the familiar. I seek out beauty in the broken, order in the chaos.

I hope that through this series of images others who feel invisible, or hide behind a smile will see that they are not alone.  I hope they see that broken can be beautiful and that there is always light, you just have to know where to look.  For those who have never experienced darkness like this, a quiet so loud you can’t sleep, an exhaustion so profound you wish you would disappear, I want you to see that it takes great strength to balance the darkness and the light.

Artist Bio

Laura Wolf is a photographer based in both Texas and Oklahoma. She is a storyteller who works in a documentary style. Her first camera was a Kodak 110, gifted when she was in the fifth grade. Inspired by her great grandmother, who always had a camera in hand, Laura began taking photos of anything and everything around her. After her first son was born, she switched to digital and fell in love with documenting her growing family.  In 2015, Laura moved to Taiwan with her husband and youngest son. She began taking online classes to help her capture her experience. She documented their travels and daily adventures over the next four years while they lived abroad. Laura continues to push herself creatively, studying with Clickphoto School and the Griffin Museum of Photography.