On my fifth birthday I was given a Kodak Brownie. It was my first camera. I loved that thing. By the summer it was so banged up it was unusable. I have a stack of photos from that time, my early work. All portraits, some with heads cut off, but, overall, not bad for a five year old. The photo at right is from that collection: my sister Kir, shot in May of 1968. I moved onto ballet, piano, guitar, tennis, and pretending to be married to Donny Osmond. Or David Cassidy, depending on the day. Sometimes even Bobby Sherman.
High school reunited me with the camera. I worked on the yearbook and I documented every party I attended. And there were a lot. Anyone from the Bronxville Class of 1980 who plans to run for office better check with me first. I have the photos.
At the College of Wooster, in Wooster, Ohio, I studied art history. After graduation I was hired as a photo editor in NYC. During that period I began focusing my photography on the details of objects that are often overlooked: the delicacy of a Japanese maple leaf, the place where the water meets the reeds, the curve of a Windsor chair and the shadow it casts.
I continued my studies at the International Center of Photography and the School of Visual Arts. In the early 90s I began working with Polaroid image transferring to create images of painterly quality. I set up a table in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and for four years sold my work. It was through that experience that I was given opportunities to show in galleries all over the country and produce work for hotels, restaurants, book cover jackets and CDs, as well for private clients. Please visit
www.LisaSorensen.com to view my photographic art work.
Ten years ago I came full circle and began shooting portraits and events again. That business continues to grow, and I am so grateful to all the children, families, and creatures I have worked with and continue to work with. You have greatly enriched my life.