Laura Volkerding

Volkerding received a BFA degree from the University of Louisville in 1961 and an MA degree in graphic design from the Institute of Design in Chicago in 1964.[2][3]

Her photographic career began in the 1960s, working first in 35mm format and then transitioning to larger formats.[2][3] In the late 1970s he took medium format black and white photographs of inhabited landscapes, such as campgrounds, as well as panoramic photographs that ranged from diptychs to eight-part images.[2][3] She is known for her photographs of the Compagnons du Devoir, master a group of French master artisans known for restoring historical monuments.[2][3]

Volkerding also taught at Rosary College and at the University of Chicago.[2][3] Her last teaching position was at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.[2][3] She died as a result of a malignant brain tumor in 1996.[2]

Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, the Museum of Contemporary Photography,[2] the Center for Creative Photography[5][3] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[6]