Lauren Dukoff (born 1984) is an American photographer noted for her portraiture and documentary work. Lauren Dukoff was born in California. Her father is a commercial director and still photographer .

Lauren Dukoff briefly studied photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography but left after one year. She learned photography from her father and got her start by documenting the musical career of long time friend Devendra Banhart. Dukoff was also mentored by music photographer Autumn de Wilde .

Lauren Dukoff has photographed Devendra Banhart, Sting, Adele, Lady Gaga, Kim Gordon, Beck, Mary J Blige, Sheryl Crow, Morrissey, Neil Young, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Joanna Newsom, Vetiver, Cobra Starship, Fabrizio Moretti, Dido, Mila Kunis, Ryan Kwanten, Milo Ventimiglia, Zooey Deschanel and a number of other musicians and actors. Dukoff’s photos have appeared on the cover of the German Rolling Stone, Japanese Rolling Stone and on the pages of L'uomo Vogue, Spin Magazine, Elle Magazine, Vanity Fair, Nylon, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Another Magazine, Dazed & Confused, along with many other publications. Chronicle Books published her first book Family in 2009.

Family collects 100 of Dukoff’s portraits and candid images of Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Entrance, Bat for Lashes, Feathers, Espers, Vetiver, Bert Jansch, Vashti Bunyan, and many others individually and together, in performance and more private spaces. Complementing the photographs are a foreword by Devendra Banhart, text and artwork by the musicians, biographies, and a digital download of music by artists featured in the book. When interviewed about the book Dukoff said "FAMILY is simply a documentation of a moment in time among friends.

I am not trying to make a statement about the music they make.

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