Hi! I'm Laura. I write about photography, science, and technology. My work has primarily appeared in WIRED and Hyperallergic, but I've also had bylines in The Guardian, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, BBC Travel, Dwell, Artsy, and the Paris Review Daily.
I have a Master's in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU and an undergraduate degree in art. When I'm not writing, I'm typically hanging out with my 2-year-old daughter Iris and husband Nathan, making a Great British Bake Off-inspired mess in my kitchen, or curled up with a good book.
PHOTOGRAPHY
A picture is worth a thousand words, or so the old cliche goes, but some pictures also inspire an outpouring of language. Over the past few years, I've typed a quarter of a million words in response to images that surprised, amazed, or enlightened me in some way. As Dorothea Lange wrote, “The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”
ARTICLES AND FEATURES
Why We All Take the Same Travel Photos” [WIRED.com]
How Photos Fuel the Spread of Fake News [WIRED.com]
PHOTO ESSAYS
George Steinmetz’s Bird’s-Eye View of the Earth [WIRED.com]
Auschwitz Photographs Hidden from the Nazis Are Given New Life in Color [Artsy.com]
15,000 UFO Enthusiasts Space Out Hard in Roswell [WIRED.com]
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
"Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day.” — Albert Einstein
Fusion Energy Gets Ready to Shine—Finally [WIRED Magazine, May 2020 Issue]
Floating Farms Point the Way to Alternative Food Ecosystems [WIRED Magazine, March 2020 Issue]
Automated Solar Arrays Could Help Incinerate Global Warming [WIRED Magazine, February 2020 Issue]
The Largest Scientific Structure Ever Powers Up in Africa [WIRED Magazine, January 2020 Issue]
What It Takes to Turn a Vintage F-16 Into a Drone [WIRED Magazine, December 2019 Issue]
NASA's Biggest Telescope Ever Prepares for a 2021 Launch [WIRED Magazine, November 2019 Issue]
Giant Lasers Bring Distant Twinkling Stars Into Sharp Focus [WIRED Magazine, December 2018 issue]
The Spiky Simulator That Will Help Find Oceans in Space [WIRED Magazine, September 2018 issue]
Homes for Refugees: Eight New Designs for Conflict Housing [TheGuardian.com]
What Happens When Everyone Makes Maps [TheAtlantic.com]
CONTACT
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