About — .

works
MOJO, Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Rough Trade Records, Rock Sound UK, Universal Records, Anthem Magazine, Sub Pop Records, Seattle Weekly, SixtySix Magazine, Red Bull Music Academy, Soma Magazine, Hydrahead Records, Fools Gold Records, Suicide Squeeze Records, Tom Tom Magazine…

features
The Guardian, NME, Dazed & Confused, Wonderland Magazine, Darkus Magazine, Record Collector, It’s Nice That, SixtySix Magazine.

books
”US/THEN” — A beautiful 180-page hardcover book of photography documenting life on the road with the band Warpaint, includes an exclusive 7” of the band’s only released live tracks, mixed by the drummer and sound engineer in a hotel in Germany. Published by Setanta Books.

“Innerstate” — A 96-page softcover book of photography with pages of images from travels around the world, mailed to both friends and clients as a way of “mind travel” and temporary distraction from the heaviness of COVID and the news. Accompanied with 5x7” thick postcards, encouraged to send to loved ones.

Robin Laananen is a photographer based in Los Angeles who has shot for publications like MOJO, Rolling Stone, Rock Sound, for labels like Universal, Rough Trade, Epitaph, and Sub Pop. She can often be found touring the world with musicians while documenting life on the road or working for travel publications. While at home, she enjoys photographing people while shooting editorial, band’s promo shots and portrait sessions at times.

She had her first book of photography published in July 2017, titled “US/THEN”, documenting her time on the road with Los Angeles based band, Warpaint. The book received International press and was on display with enlarged prints available at the Somerset House in London. She can often be found touring around the world with bands as the opportunity to see and document the genuine, candid moments off-stage and the undeniably captivating action of the live shows is what has continued to lure her on the road. When a person lets down their guard and truly forgets her camera is around is what she says is the most sincere compliment. Regardless for the reason she’s traveling, she’ll sacrifice sleep for exploration.

She is more than happy to travel anywhere for collaborations, editorial assignments, portrait sessions, or commissioned projects. On a shoot, she brings her unique experience of traveling around the world with musicians in many ways, from being a trusted fly on the wall for documentary work to being front and center with the ability to make people feel comfortable and bring their personalities out for the camera while adapting to changing conditions. Not to mention being able to utilize the most out of time with a positive energy that results in getting most of her work through word of mouth.

With the combination of global travel experience and during the heavy COVID restrictions, she took solo road-trips to explore the States, with her cameras, while living out of a campervan. This is the first time she’ had the time or had taken the time to explore the amazement of domestic National Parks and was immediately taken with them. She’s been focusing on shooting travel/tourism, sustainable/environmental-friendly brands and music portraiture, while working on an ongoing project featuring musicians she’s worked with or met along the way.

All photographs on this website are owned exclusively by Robin Laananen and protected under international copyright law. The work may not be reproduced in whole or part without written consent.

PHOTOGRAPHY