Lauren Oberlin

Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Fine Arts 2019
Focus in photography and fiber and material studies

Work Experience
Freelance portrait and event photographer (2012 – Present)

Client work include headshots, senior portraits, family events, fashion shows, concerts, and product photography
Refined skills in social media as a marketing tool across multiple platforms
Photographer and Marketing Team at Thread boutique (2015-2019)
Fashion photographer and graphics for marketing materials, website, and social media
Writer for the Thread weekly blog
Photography, creative direction, and styling for collaborative projects with stylists and models in studio fashion shoots, location shoots, and fashion shows

Software and Photo Tech
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Premiere and Microsoft Office
Extensive experience with Wordpress blog platform
Digital photography techniques
Canon and Nikon DSLRs, studio lighting, image manipulation and file handling, fine printing
Analog photography techniques
35 mm and medium format cameras and films, darkroom processing, silver gelatin and alternative process printing

Awards
Fred Endsley Fellowship Award (2018)
SAIC Student Leadership Award (2018, 2019)
Awarded and honored for 3 years of leading the SAIC Yoga Group

Features/Shows
Photography 101 podcast
Episodes 35, 57, 62
Published in Collective Terrain arts publication (2018)
Published in Untitled arts publication issue 8 (2019)
Published in SAIC Photography Department Catalog (2019)
SAIC Spring Undergraduate Exhibition (2019)
SAIC Fashion Photography x Uniqlo Chicago Collaboration Exhibition (2019)