Leah Wendzinski is a photographer living and working in Chicago, IL. She predominantly works with film, and her practice includes editorial, product, and event photography, portraiture, film processing, retouching, and design.

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Leah Wendzinski invites her subjects and viewers into a waking dream. A blurred, unbound place that cares less about planning and perfection and more about in-the-moment connection—a space to totally, gently take whatever shape feels right. Primarily working in film, her penchant for spontaneity forms a delicate dance between subject and surroundings to capture fleeting moments of raw being and beauty. Leah's images serve as portals to a realm where viewers are encouraged to appreciate the enigmatic wonders of individual worlds and embrace the magic inherent in transient moments. An interplay of light, shadow, reality, reverie, herself, and her guests allows fate to shape the vision.

Exhibition & Recognition:
2024: Analog Forever Magazine Exhibition. Portraits: Beyond the Exterior
2024: Always, Sometimes Podcast
2024: EXPO – Latitude Connectivity
2021: Film Objektiv Interview
2019: Typeforce 10
2018: Typeforce 9

Experience:
Current: Freelance Photographer and Designer
2022–2024: Bellows Film Lab, Film Technician
2021–2022: Instrument, Production Designer
2020–2021: Span, Graphic Designer
2018–2020: Thirst, Graphic Designer
2018: Other Studio, Freelance Graphic Designer

Education:
College for Creative Studies, BFA in Communication Design
YTT 200HR Zen Yoga Garage

Services:
Photography (Film & Digital), Art Direction, Graphic Design (Branding, Posters, Album Art), Photo Retouching, Film Development (B&W 120 & 35mm), Film Scanning (120, 35mm, Polaroid, Slide)

Skills:
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere), Figma, Studio Lighting, Studio Photography, Film Processing (B&W, C41, E6, ECN2, 110, 35mm, 120, 4x5)

Select Clients:
Apple TV, Benefit Cosmetics, Cetaphil, Duccio Fabbri, Notion, Playboy Centerfold, Roku

Frequent Collaborators:
Akenya / Alyssa Low / Auker Shop / The Bosco / Gathering Hands / Good Sense Consulting / Green Goose Shop / Lemmy Ya’akova / Thank You, I’m Sorry / Whatever Studio

Biography by Bianca Smith
portraiture
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at home
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musicians 
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pet portraits
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© leah wendzinski 2025