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
L.Chaussée 2026