Lara Vukson

Lára has had a passion for the arts for as long as she can remember. She attended the University of Oregon where she majored in Fine Arts and earned her BFA in Visual Design/Photography. After years as a Creative Director/Designer for global advertising agencies, shaping award-winning brands and leading creative teams for clients including, Dunkin, Volkswagen, Royal Caribbean, HomeGoods, IBM, and Google/Gmail. Throughout her career, she honed her ability to produce impactful work with a unique blend of creativity, thoughtful design, and photography, and applies those talents in her photography career.

Over the years, Lára has had the opportunity to direct countless shoots around the globe with many world-renown photographers. In every free moment along the way, she has been shooting her own work. Her photography captures beauty in the natural world, portraits, and environments (inside & out). Lára enjoys painting, travel (particularly to Iceland to see family) fitness, the outdoors, and family time with her husband their two active boys and an even more active rescue dog.

Get to know Lára:

• What were you wearing during a time period of great creative growth?

  A treasured hoodie with the Barbapapa children’s book characters from the 1970’s created by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor. Barbapapa and his family can morph into any shape and navigate any challenging situations with their brilliant imaginations. The characters bring me such happy memories from the books I had as a child. I recall being so inspired by the shapes and colors when I would draw as a kid.

• What is your hidden talent?

  I speak Icelandic. Icelandic was my first language.