ARTIST BIO

KAREN CONSTINE is a fine art and documentary photographer who examines cultural traditions and spaces in transition. Her photography is a visual exploration of contemporary pilgrimages.

Karen has exhibited her work in national and international group exhibitions, including Art in the Plague Year, at UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography; #ICPConcerned, Global Images for a Global Crisis at International Center of Photography; Connected World 2020 at Los Angeles Center of Photography; and Forsaken and Abandoned exhibitions at S.E. Center for Photography, among others. Awards include the 16th Edition of the Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers, Cityscape Series, 3rd place, and 17th Edition, receiving honorable mentions in several portrait categories. In addition, Lenscratch and Aesthetica Magazine have published her work. Karen received her B.A. in Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is actively involved in the photographic and arts community in Los Angeles.

Presently, Karen is working on several personal projects, including her series Harajuku in L.A., an ongoing series of portraits that capture the self-expression and individualistic styles adopted by Harajuku and J-fashion-inspired persons living in Southern California.

Karen's photography and travels have taken her to six continents, including visits to remote indigenous populations and cultural and environmental significance places. She is based in her native city of Los Angeles.