My goal is to create work that pleases the eye, gladdens the heart, and enlivens the soul. I live at Rose Hill Cottage with my husband, our two daughters, and a messy garden full of flowers in Portland, Oregon. If you’d like to get in touch, email me at ali.lanenga@gmail.com.

Fine Art

My photographs can be seen worldwide, from train stations in England to magazine spreads in Australia and luxury hotels in Boston. Clients include private homes across the United States and Europe as well as brands like Marie Claire, Kodak, and Walgreens. Finished masterworks from my catalogue can be found at Corazon Contemporary in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Philosophy, Process, & Photo Development

Like the garden, my photographs are most useful to the human spirit.  My work begins in the garden and is a reflection of the beauty and love of our Creator. Each flower grown and beam of light metered, is rooted in this spiritual foundation.

Unlike drawing or painting where imagination can manifest itself in a composition, photography requires tangible elements.  If I desire a line, shape, or color I harvest it from the garden. A single photograph can take as little as 4 hours to build-- but years of labor to nurture the elements required to arrive at the decisive moment when the photograph is made.

The light that pours through my studio window is the crowning and determining element.  Light, its color and shape, guides and transforms each composition.

Developed on Hahnemühle paper, my photographs come to life in full brilliance. This 100% cotton museum quality artist paper lends to a three-dimensional appearance with incredible depth. It is both acid and lignin free with a lightly defined felt structure.