Laura Saunders

Laura Saunders Laura is a photographer and filmmaker working in southern Arizona and Southwest Virginia. She graduated with distinction from the Documentary Photography & Photojournalism Masters Program at The London College of Communication in 2011.

Her work focuses on community, resistance and extraction in the Appalachian region where she grew up, as well as stories looking at the historical understanding of forced migration, for-profit detention and how these impact the growing industry of US border militarization.

She is a member of the Juntos photo cooperative, Women Photograph and IWMF fellow. Her work has been exhibited in the UK + US, with organizations including the Bronx Documentary Center and Looking at Appalachia. Her work has been published with The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Intercept, Patagonia, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, High Country News, ProPublica, and Politico, among others.  

EMAIL: LsaundersE@gmail.com