Laura Zalenga: The Language of Self-Portraiture

Laura Zalenga uses self-portraiture to explore themes of vulnerability, isolation, and identity. Her minimalist photographs often feature her body intertwined with natural elements — water, trees, stone — creating dreamlike compositions that speak to the human search for belonging. Zalenga’s art is a reminder that the self can be both subject and storyteller, and that turning the lens inward can reveal universal truths. She layers the poetic with the personal, creating visual metaphors that resonate deeply in an age of hyper-visibility. Her work invites the viewer into a quiet space of reflection, where the boundaries between body and landscape, self and other, blur and dissolve.