Laila ColesBrooklyn · Connecticut
Artist · Filmmaker · Image-maker

Looking
at the world,
closely.

A growing collection of photographs, moving images, and visual work by Laila Coles.

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“America is me. It gave me the only life I know—so I must share in its survival. Look at me. Listen to me.”

— Gordon Parks

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Photography / Film

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A smiling person sitting in a graffiti-covered window frame
A moment in the framePhotography
Kindred Thoughts Bookstore lettering on the storefront window
Kindred ThoughtsDocumentary · In progress
A guitarist performing in a graffiti-covered room
Finding the groovePhotography
Friends gathered close together after a performance
After the setPhotography
A musician playing guitar at a live set
The room in rhythmPhotography
A quiet black-and-white photographic study of a bedroom
A quiet studyPhotography
A filmmaker and tripod reflected in an outdoor patio
Behind the cameraPhotography
A woman looking through the circle formed by her hand
Through the framePhotography
A crushed can on rain-darkened pavement beside a reflection
After the rainPhotography
A grainy low-light portrait in a quiet room
Low lightPhotography

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A little about me

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Laila Coles is a Brooklyn-born artist and filmmaker studying Film and English at Wesleyan University.

Her work is interested in the lives held inside everyday spaces, the stories images can tell, and the ways people create a sense of belonging. This portfolio is a home for photographs, films, and experiments as they grow.

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