Heidi Lender is a fine art photographer whose images are often based in personal inquiry that stem from personal experiences, relationships and identity. Lender’s whimsical self-portraits explore combinations of wardrobes and surrounding spaces as reflections of her personal self. Standing on various surfaces, she exhibits how different wardrobes and environments can quickly alter the way a person is perceived by the outside world. Lender is a founding member of the online collective Six Shooters, has twice been a Critical Mass finalist, received recognition from the likes of WPGA Pollux Awards and the Julia Margaret Cameron Award. Her work has been featured in PDN and Rangefinder magazines and in online photo blogs including CNN, NPR and the New Yorker’s Photo Booth. Editorial credits include WSJ Magazine, Disegno and Grey Magazine. In 2014, Kehrer Verlag published the photography book Grassland under Lender’s pseudonym H. Lee. She currently lives and works in Pueblo Garzon, Uruguay, where she has founded CAMPO, a nonprofit creative community supporting international artists.
b. 1966, New Haven CT