syn (prefix):
“things that are like one another”
aesthete (noun):
someone with deep sensitivity
to the beauty of art or nature.
Hi, I’m Lauren…
and I write about, photograph, and film people with intense appreciation, curiosity, and sensitivity for the world — and its unfathomable beauty and mystery — around them.
A.k.a. — the kind of people that light my soul on fire; the realms where I feel most at peace and inspired, and have decided to spend most of my life inhabiting and endeavouring to capture.
Creative Offerings
Words
I have 13+ years of creative and professional writing experience tucked up my sleeve — everything from a Bachelors in the field to an internship with a major Australian newspaper, from reporting on a world-renowned sacred music festival in Fez, Morocco to freelancing on blogs around the world…I know how to wend the written word to convey deep emotions and visceral experiences. Everyone has a profound story to share; let me tell yours.
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Photos
Entirely self-taught in the realm of visual media, I cut my teeth on a camera during my half-decade as a solo world traveller, before landing my first proper gig at the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music. Though I took my skills of freeze-framing frenetic live performances back home to Australia and worked on countless media teams, my true passion is photojournalism and documentary-style photography; real people, real stories.
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Film
The newest skill in my mixed media toolkit. Again, I’m self-taught, and have plenty more to learn in this intricate discipline. My style is simple and stubbornly hand-held; philosophy being — not unlike the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, in which an artist may mark their creations with a thumbprint or other blemish to signify beauty in imperfection — these imperfections remind us there is a human behind the camera, not a machine.
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Are you an aesthete I’ve been looking for?
I love hearing from like-minded people. If you’ve got a question, comment, or like what I’m about and think we could create beautiful things together, then get in touch. You can shoot me an email at crabbela@gmail.com, or use this form.