Sonder Explorations Founder, Courtney Lauber
Photos by Courtney Lauber
Hello and welcome. Firstly, I imagine that you may be wondering about the name of my business. Simply put, "Sonder" is the realization that every person you see has a complex life. A life that has experiences and opportunity you may never know about, but you may just be in their life for a short amount of time as a passerby. The "Explorations" bit is about the attempt to explore these segments of life. To look into a moment or a memory, an experience or an event, and even some portion of a lifestyle to explore.
I have always been intrigued by people and their interactions with others and their environments. I believe you can have sonder for objects, buildings, locations, animals, etc. because everything has complexity and a life, if you will. I have been working as a photographer for over 8 years amongst other artistic/non artistic jobs. I have been working with film since about 2009, enjoy making prints, and webwork has always gone hand in hand with my field. My travel writing career (officially) started about four years ago and videography is something else I love and continue to engage in. I hope that you find what you're looking for and if not, allow me to show you.
Something a bit more personal...
Throughout my life thus far I have had a number of jobs. However, the underlying constant was always photography and the arts. Now, I fully surrender, so to speak, to the thing that I consider my calling. I have moved around a handful of times in the midwest but moved out to Colorado years ago and have been loving the west ever since. I'm on the road a lot and because of my travel writing background am up for hire worldwide. If you know me well this is of no surprise to you and I've probably put my camera in your face plenty of times. If you are shocked and "didn't see this coming" I invite you here and now to come and see what I've been up to for the majority of my life. To see the things I've been hiding away for only a few to see. I'm extremely excited to have you here even if it's just to look. Maybe you've been sondering about me too...
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