Families & Children
To purchase a Family Photo Session -
https://www.melissalazuka.art/product/the-classic-outdoor-family-session
High School Seniors
About Me
Hello!
A few things about me…. I am a mother of four and have been passionate about photography for the last 12 years. I have had a portrait business taking family, children, and high school senior photos for the last 10 years. I feel incredibly blessed to get to do a job I love. Photography is really about seeing beauty and light in the deepest way, and I try to capture that for everyone I get to meet. My goal when I meet you is to make the most meaningful, artistic, and authentic photos I can for you. I love spontaneity, real smiles and laughs, and connection. Thank you for taking a look at my work!
Please contact me at melissalazuka@yahoo.com for additional info & to purchase a session, go to melissalazuka.art
https://www.melissalazuka.art/product/the-classic-outdoor-family-session
Awards & Publications
The Hahnemuhle Award, The Center for Fine Art Photography, 2018, Portfolio Showcase
Selected for “Most Interesting Photobooks 2018” - The Photobook Journal
Selected for “Photobooks of 2018” - 10x10 Photobooks
Juror’s Award, “Flight” Photoplace Gallery, Laura Moya
Exhibitions:
Photoplace Gallery, "Black and White", Juror, Sandrine-Hermand Grisel
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO , "Fly Away" series included in the Portfolio Showcase Volume 11, Juror, Cathy Kimball
Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont "Myths, Legends, and Dreams" Juror, Amy Holmes-George
SE Center for Photography, Greenville, South Carolina " Shades of Black and White" Juror, Susan Burnstine
A Smith Gallery, "Summertime" Juror, Sandrine Hermand-Grisel
Photoplace Gallery, "Honoring Trees" Juror, Laura Valenti
Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, Vermont, "Personal Narrative" Juror, Susan Burnstine
The Center For Fine Art Photography, "Dreams" Juror, Jennifer DeCarlo http://www.c4fap.org/exhibitions/dreams2016/
PhotoPlace Gallery, "Flight" Juror, Laura Moya http://photoplacegallery.com/flight/
The Cleveland Print Room, "Human Nature" , The Peer Show
The Center for Fine Art Photography, "Illuminate" Juror, Elizabeth Avedon, http://www.c4fap.org/exhibitions/illuminate-elizabeth-avedon/
The Center for Fine Art Photography, "Landscapes" Juror, Chantel Paul,
Publications:
Artist of the Month, Fantastically Flawed, http://fantasticallyflawed.weebly.com/featured-artist/melissa-lazuka
Review of artist book, “Song of the Cicadas” by Douglas Stockdale - The Photobook Journal https://thephotobook.wordpress.com/2018/08/31/melissa-lazuka-song-of-cicadas/
Review of artist book, “Song of the Cicadas” by Sabrina Mandanici - Collector Daily https://collectordaily.com/melissa-lazuka-song-of-the-cicadas/
Review of artist book, “Fly Away” by Douglas Stockdale - The Photobook Journal https://photobookjournal.com/2019/03/30/melissa-lazuka-fly-away/
Don’t Take Pictures Magazine “Photo of the Day”