Laura Dark has been shooting professionally for the past 17 years.  She attended art school for a BFA and apprenticed for 2 years under a local commercial and portrait photographer.  She is well versed on both sides of the camera as both Model and Photographer.  It has been said that, "what Laura can do in a half a dozen frames would make grown men cry."  She is best known for her dark portrait and beauty work which has been described as, "beautiful and creative to the max….the images are so realistic and haunting…it's insane."

Laura is also the Fashion Editor for the avant garde fashion and photography magazine, Dark Beauty.  Dark Beauty is a magazine dedicated to artists, fashion designers, photographers, musicians, and actors who crave avant garde fashion. We provide a new avenue for promoting new and exciting talents who dares to push the envelope and bring such fantasies to life. Our focus is to highlight and bring awareness to bold talents from the avant garde high fashion community.



Exhibitions

2012 – Allentown Museum of Art – "Gothic to Goth: Embracing the Dark Side"
2011 – Madlab – "Titus Andronicus" – solo show
2011 – Madlab – "Love, Life, Death"
2010 – Gallery 83
2009 – Gothcoming 2k9 Featured Artist
2009 – Madlab – "Too Much Photography" Exhibit
2009 – Damned II – A Macabre Fine Art Exhibition
2009 – Madlab – Volatility
2009 – MabLab – "All Things Go" Exhibit
2009 – MadLab – New Year – Old Resolutions
2009 – 10th Anniversay Dirty Show
2008 – Mephisto's – Black Xmas Gallery Show
2008 – MadLab – "Too Much Photography" Exhibit
2008 – Damned – A Macabre Fine Art Exhibition
2007 – Exotica II
2007 – Dark Arts Expo
2006 – Halloween Photo Show – Focus Studios
2006 – The Masquerade Ball – Alrosa Villa Music and Art Show
2005 – Backdrop – Acme Arts Photo Show
2004 – Dead Can Dance – Uncle Dan's Music and Art Show
2004 – Nightmare Visions – The House of Nightmares Presents Art by Laura Dark Photography
06-09 – Hostess of The House of Nightmares Group Shoot

Awards and Honors

AWARDS AND HONORS
Modelmayhem.com 2011 – Photographer of the Year – Runner Up
MODEL MAYHEM 2009 PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR!
Model Mayhem Photographer of the Week - 8 time winner
Model Mayhem Picture of the Day - 58 time winner
Model Mayhem Concept of the Day – 29 time winner
Deviantart.com Daily Deviation - 5 time winner
Deviantart.com Featured News – 28 times

PRINT CREDITS:

Aphotic Magazine, TATUarte en la Piel Magazine – COVER, Gothic Noir Magazine – MULTI COVERS, Renaissnace Magazine, Sinical Magazine, Tattoo'd Lifestyle – COVER, HYPE Tattoo Brazil Magazine, Tattoos Only – COVER, Pistol Magazine, Petite Alternative Magazine, Bizarre Magazine, BMEzine – COVER, New York Optimist – COVER, Dark Beauty Magazine – COVER, Giuseppina Magazine – COVER, FACEon Magazine, DDI Magazine, Vault Magazine, GlamRock Magazine, Synthetic Sensations Magazine – COVER, Auxiliary Magazine, Alt Noir Magazine – COVER, American Gothique Magazine – COVER, Model Venture Magazine, Gothic Beauty Magazine, Columbus ALIVE Magazine, Girls and Corpses Magazine, Crypt Magazine, Mk Ultra Magazine, Star Wars Insider – Artwork by Joe Corroney, The City Morgue, The Lantern

Clothing Designers and Stylists Credits

Artwith Latex, Dawnamatrix Latex, Cinched Tight, Anti.Label, Romantic Threads, Atelier Gothique, Irregular Pearl, KMK Designs, CryoFlesh, Cameo Intimates, Ford Couture, Crude Things, Cara Crass, DeathGlam, Organic Armor, Enigma Fashions, Black Mirror Designs, The House of S and M, Slyx Latex, Sisters of the Moon, Analisa Ravella, Three Muse Clothing, Miss Fiendish Shoes, Leather Realm Fashion, S.M. Hertz Clothing, Mange la Mode, Kambriel, Lip Service, Drac-In-A-Box, Eirik Aswang, The House of S and M, Peacock Blue Designs, Corset Kitten Closet, Artifice Clothing

Website Credits

Illamasqua Makeup – Website Blog, NoiseAuction.org, Addictions and Afflictions e-webzine, The House of Nightmares, Bobaflex Warriors, Godsgirls.com, The Alrosa Villa, Liquid6teen, Dolls of Evolved, pinupapocalypse.com, BMEzine – FRONT PAGE, Sisters of the Moon Design Catalog, Drac-In-A-Box Clothing

Reference Work For Artists:

Joe Corroney, Jay Fife, Travis Ingram, LeanneM

Ad and Commercial Work

2012 Hastings Music and AAO print ads for Ohiya Friends, Trauma 2009 Ads, Leather Realm Fashion Catalog, S.M. Hertz Clothing Catalog

CD Covers and Band Credits

Noise Auction, BobaFlex, Liquid6teen, Jerry Vayne