5fives

5fives with Laurie Freitag

Posted on 28 March 2013

I love Laurie’s work – her photos feel like a wild TV dream of America in the 8os…

I’m a digital shooter of human and city portraits. I sit in traffic and watch. I sit with children and watch. Always watching.
I grew up at the beaches of Rockaway and Florida. I scoured the shore for shells, listened to Elvis and took photos.
Residing in Los Angeles since the late 70’s and retired from TV news, you can always find me with a camera in my lap as I drive to and from working with the children.
I’m inspired everyday by light and children and design.

Website: www.lauriefreitag.com

My top five photo websites

The top five things that make me laugh?

Intelligent children
People who understand subtext
Saturday Night Live
Whoopi Goldberg
Hugh Grant

The top five periods of time I wish I was around for

1940’s New York
1950’s Paris
1890’s New York
Roaring twenties-Chicago
1960’s Sunset Strip, California

My top five movies

Love Actually
Pleasantville
Sabrina
Contact
Frequency

The top five photos I’ve taken

Do Not Block
Riding Home on the Freeway
Freeway Lights
Off the Freeway
Wilshire Blvd.

The power of lists

5fives is a series of interviews with heartfelt, creative people who are responding to five sets of five questions. Whether the answers are single words, essays or even images, together they are fascinatingly compelling and revealing. Contact me if you’d like to be next!