LAUREN MCDOWELL IS…
an artist, photographer and professional model based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Her work in photography has been featured on i-D magazine in their “My Month in Photos” series three times, and in the Carolinas has been in group shows at Goodyear Arts, Bakhita Arts, Tip Top Market, McDowell Arts Center, The Light Factory Center for Photography, Petra’s Art Gallery, a/perture cinema, and Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts.
She is also a professional fashion model, signed with agencies in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami, who has worked with a range of impressiev high fashion and commercial brands. (See more below.)
She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, CA.
Continued Education:
Fashion Focus: Photography Intensive, Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, taught by Sancho Smalls. Charlotte, NC
Portraiture Masterclass with Catherine Opie, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, taught by Catherine Opie. Snowmass, CO.
Wet Plate Collodion Course, The Light Factory Center for Photography, Charlotte, NC
Black and White Darkroom, The Light Factory Center for Photography, Charlotte, NC
PORTRAITURE
Lauren has worked in photography for the larger part of her adult life, capturing saturated, stylized imagery of people and faces, most often those of family and friends,
SELECT MODELING CLIENTS
Lauren has worked as a professional model for over two years, with noteworthy clients such as Thom Browne, Tecovas, and Smashbox Cosmetics.
She is represented by agencies FREEDOM MODELS Los Angeles & Miami, and NEW ICON NEW YORK.
THOM BROWNE
2025
TECOVAS
2025
SMASHBOX
2025
