Cohn Frankel Photography

One admirer told us that Lauren Cohn-Frankel “is an artist who has fined-tuned her skills with a fantastic education.” Indeed, she has a BFA from the prestigious California College of the Arts. It turns out, though, that her love of photography began modestly enough with a class at summer camp. As a teenager growing up in New York City, she spent a lot of time photographing the city; later she spent time documenting the NYC music scene. After moving to the Bay Area in 1996 she shot her first wedding, and has been in love with weddings and wedding photography ever since.

Lauren uses her documentary skills in making beautiful images of her brides and grooms that remain true to their real selves. She explains that her “primary goal at each wedding is to be an unobtrusive storyteller, documenting both the major events of the day and the smaller, more private moments that put everything else into context.”

Her photography, which is both gorgeous and full of personality, has been recognized with numerous awards and has been seen in People magazine, The Knot, Today’s Bride, the San Francisco Chronicle—and even on HBO. Lauren documented the marriage of half a dozen same-sex couples during the East Bay Express’ Wedding Wednesdays event in 2008.

Lauren is an award-winning member of the Wedding Photojournalist Association (WPJA) and the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). In 2008, the WPJA picked her as on of their Top 100 Wedding Photojournalists in the world.