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Photograph by Olivia Rae Harris

BASED IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK


Laila Annmarie Stevens (b. 2001) is a Black Queer Photographer and Visual Artist born and raised in South Jamaica Queens, NY based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BFA in Photography and Related Media at The Fashion Institute of Technology. Their portraiture is informed by their passion for honoring marginalized youth voices and embracing the fullness of Black life through the creation of a digital safe space. Their work could be described as a raw and intimate perspective. Through her early work in youth organizations, she’s incorporated image-making to envision a world of inclusion and power.

FOR ALL INQUIRIES & COMMISSIONS CONTACT: lailaannmarie@gmail.com


FULL MEMBER OF — DIVERSIFY PHOTO

(S.O.W) SCOPE OF WORK &

BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS



SELECTED CLIENTS —

NAACP

Black Women Radicals

The Black School

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS —

2023 Photoville x Queens Museum — Clayton Sisterhood Project, Roy Wilkins Park, Queens, NY

2023 Prose — Juneteenth Celebration, Summertime Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS —

2023 New York Now: Home – A Photo Triennial, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
(curated by Thea Quiray Tagle and Sean Corcoran)

2023 Crescent - The Free Black Women’s Library, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Identity: I in the Mirror - Jamaica Community Arts & Learning (JCAL), Queens, NY

2022 PhotoVogue Festival 2022 - Milan, IT

2022 MÔR: a collective exhibition for black lesbian thought - Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC

2021 East London Photographic Gallery - Palm* Studios Shortlist Recipient, London, U.K.

2020 Come Together, Right Now! - Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia

PUBLISHED BY —

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - ‘WHAT IS BLACK JOY? SEE IT THROUGH THE EYES OF THESE GROUNDBREAKING ARTISTS ‘

CULTURED MAGAZINE - ‘HOW DESIGNERS ARE RETHINKING SPACES FOR HEALING’

THE NATION - ‘FIRST-TIME VOTERS WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN OUR COUNTRY’S FUTURE’

PRESS —

CBS - LOCAL NEWS ‘EXHIBITS AT NEW YORK CITY MUSEUMS CELEBRATE LGBTQ ARTISTS & LIFE IN THE CITY’

i-D - ‘THESE TEEN CURATORS WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS - ’DOCUMENTING OURSELVES: PHOTOGRAPHY AS SELF-DETERMINATION AS ARCHIVE’

MEFEATER - ‘25 BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT’

CREATIVE REVIEW - ‘CREATING BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS’