About

Laura Riis (b. 2002, Denmark) is a documentary photographer exploring community, religion, and societal change. She began her career photographing indigenous communities in Latin America and Pakistan before interning at Magnum Photos in Paris in 2024. With a background in cultural studies, she focuses on long-term projects that examine personal and collective transitions.

Having spent part of her childhood in India, she developed a deep curiosity for how people shape their identities and navigate faith, culture, and belonging. Her latest project explores religious conversion among young people, a subject she will continue to investigate for years to come. Through portraiture and environmental photography, she creates an intimate dialogue between past and present, offering a nuanced perspective on transformation within, and beyond the boundaries of tradition.

Based between Copenhagen/paris