If I had to (or could) pick one photographer to shoot me – you know, for when they write that magazine article about me – I think I would choose Lauren Dukoff.
Transient, colorful, reminiscent of a bygone era, and vibrating with a sense of magical realism, Dukoff has gained great renown for her portraiture of music’s brightest: most notably, her close work with folk artist Devendra Banhart. But I think even more than the portrait itself, it is the documentary perspective she takes in all her photographs that is so inspiring. Even in the photography of individuals, there is motion, setting, a sense of drama; but a drama anchored in life’s smaller simplicities: walking in grass, sitting on a bed, falling asleep in a tour bus.
Simply put: I could stare at her photography for hours. It is beautiful and exposed, yet carries absolutely no sense pretense. They are warm, tactile moments, that seem to hold within them that elegant simplicity that is so craved, yet so fickle.
Dukoff’s first compilation of work, “Families” will be coming out shortly, through Chronicle Books. I know what will be on my coffee table this summer.
To see more off Dukoff’s work, click here.
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