alexander laurent rubalcava studied photography at Yale University. While at Yale he received the Harvey Geiger and Thomas C. Berry Travel Fellowships to travel to Chihuahua, Mexico, to document the Mormon Colonies. That work, coupled with years of documenting Mormon families in Utah, will comprise his upcoming and first monograph, A Proclamation of the Family.
alexander lives in New York City, where he works on long-form documentary projects focused on the relationship between people, their ideologies, and their environments.
He is currently the Photographer-in-Residence for the 1906 Group’s The Art of Building.
for commissions and inquiries:
alr@alexanderlaurent.com
+1 949 365 6815
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Education
Yale University; 2024
Eli Whitney Students Program
BA in Art; Photography
Exhibitions, Grants, & Awards
Solo Exhibitions
Aisling Gallery, New Haven, CT; Duraznos Selectos; 2023
Aisling Gallery, New Haven, CT; Pioneer Day; 2023
Group Exhibitions
Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta, GA; Portfolio 2025; 2025
1014 Gallery, London, UK; Palm* Photo Prize; 2024
Southern Arkansas Art Center; 2024 Juried Art Competition; 2024
Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Palm* Photo Prize; 2024
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT; You Are Now The Host; 2024
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT; The Host Will Let You In Now; 2023
Yale Schwartzman Center, New Haven, CT; On Gathering; 2023
Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ; Expanded View; 2022
Grants & Awards
Lucie Foundation Scholarship, Honorarable Mention; 2024
Eddie Adams Workshop, Attendee; 2024
Stanley/Barker Masterclass, Attendee; 2024
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize, Shortlist; 2024
Palm* Photo Prize, Shortlist; 2024
Chico Photobook Review, Attendee; 2024
Swensen Scholars Award, Yale University; 2024
Thomas C. Berry Summer Travel Fellowship, Yale University; 2023
Yale College Class of 2004 Travel Fellowship, Yale University; 2023
Harvey Geiger Fellowship Fund, Yale University; 2023
Creative Performing Arts Award, Yale University; 2023
Creative Performing Arts Award, Yale University; 2022
Creative Performing Arts Award, Yale University; 2021
Publications
Fotofilmic, JRNL 23 Guest-edited by Emily Keegin; 2025
Yale Literary Magazine, Spring 2023 Issue; 2023
The Yale Globalist, Spring 2023 Issue; 2023
Design at Yale Artists’ Book, Spring 2023 Issue; 2023
Wayfare, Issue 1; 2023
Yale Literary Magazine, Spring 2022 Issue; 2022