Laura Noel’s work often explores issues related to trauma and memory, as well as aspects of her personal history. Her work is in the collection of The High Museum of Art, The George Eastman House, The Ogden Museum in New Orleans, North Carolina State’s Gregg Museum of Art and Design, MOCA GA among others. Her book, Smoke Break, will be published in March 2024 by Fall Line Press.
She received a BA in Public Policy Studies from Duke University and a MFA in Photography with Distinction from the University of Georgia. Her prints been featured in exhibitions at the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China, the Contemporary American Photography exhibition at the Internationale Fototage Festival in Mannheim, Germany, Gallery 24 in Berlin, United Photo Industries in New York City, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Jackson Fine Art and Davis Orton Gallery. Photography Now, Hot Shoe, PHOTONEWS (Germany), Art News Daily, La Lettre de la Photographie, and other outlets have published her work. Recently Laura was a finalist for the 2022 Atlanta Artadia Awards.