L. Chaussée is a Los Angeles-based artist working in medium format film photography. Drawing on a background in art history and architecture, the work explores the emotional life of spaces through carefully observed interiors, landscapes, and public environments.

Awards

2026 ReFocus Color Photography Contest
Gold, Film/Analog, High Dive; Gold, Fine Art, Beach Club (series); Silver, Minimalism, Beach Club (series); Honorable Mention, Fine Art, Piscine

2026 1839 Color Photography Contest
Gold, Film/Analog, Nature Study; Gold, Minimalism, Material Tension; Gold, Storytelling, Newton Street; Silver, Still Life, Still Rooms No. 1

2025 1839 Awards, Art of Storytelling Contest
Gold, Portrait of a Place, Mineral County

2025 Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold, Analog/Film, Corridors (series)

2025 Chromatic Awards
3rd Place, Architecture, Monument Valley; Honorable Mention, Conceptual, Veritas; Honorable Mention, Landscape, Study in Salt and Air; Honorable Mention, Still Life, Arrangement in Pale Green and Light

2025 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
Gold, Analog, Between Shores Ferry Series 2; Silver, Analog, Monument Valley; Bronze, Analog, Danish Strand; Honorable Mention, Analog/Fine Art, Still Life (Veiled)

2025 International Photography Awards
2nd Place, Professional Analog/Film, Fine Art, Ferries (series); Honorable Mention, Professional Analog/Film, Architecture, Corridors (series); Honorable Mention, Professional Analog/Film, Other, Danish Strand

2025 Flow Photo Contest, presented by Kodak
Winner, Film, Monument Valley

2024 Tokyo International Foto Awards
2nd Place Category Winner, Analog/Film/Architecture, Monument Valley; Winner, Architecture/Interiors, Interiors, Jewel Tones (series)

2024 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 24th Edition
Category Winner, Professional, Landscapes & Seascapes, Single; Category Winner, Professional, Architecture & Interiors, Series; Honorable Mention, Professional, Landscapes & Seascapes, Series

2024 Chromatic Awards
3rd Place, Architecture, Monument Valley; Honorable Mention, Still Life, Arrangement in Pale Green and Light

2024 1839 Awards
Gold, Film/Analog, Monument Valley; Gold, Film/Analog Series, Ferries (series)

2023 Chromatic Awards, 7th Annual
2nd Place, Cityscapes, Trona Series, Jones Street; 2nd Place, Landscapes, Hverir, Iceland; Honorable Mention, Architecture

2022 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 19th Edition
Series Winner, Architecture & Interiors; Series Winner, Cityscapes and Culture & Daily Life

2021 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 17th Edition
Series Winner, Cityscape; Series Winner, Landscape; Series Winner, Architecture & Interiors

2020 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, 15th Edition
Winner, Landscape2026 ReFocus Color Photography Contest, Gold: Film/Analog, Gold: Fine Art, Silver: Minimalism

Exhibitions

2024 Sea and Shore, Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes Estates, California

2023 The Winter Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

2022 Summer’s Edge, The Loft, San Pedro, California

2022 The Winter Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

2021 When the Color Goes. Malaga Cove Library, Palos Verdes Estates, California

2020 Small Wonders: Discoveries on Madrona Marsh, Madrona Marsh Nature Center, Torrance, California

2019 12th Pollux Awards Exhibition. Gallery Valid Foto, Barcelona

2018 Photographic and Digital Artists Loft Show. The Loft, San Pedro California

Publications

2026 The Spring Book, woofermagazine

2025 Project: Between Shores, Medium Format October 2025

2025 The Flow Trip, The Photo Issue 02.03

2025 In the Modern World, woofermagazine 02

2024 20 Mamiya Photographers You Need to Know in 2024, Analog Forever Magazine

2024 Sea & Shore: A Scintillating Photography Show, Palos Verdes Pulse

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