Jennifer Laffoon
University of Arizona

Jennifer Laffoon received her B.F.A from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in May, 1996. Deciding to take a year off, Laffoon began working as a freelance photographer in Boston before attending graduate school. She is currently working towards a Master’s in Fine Arts at the University of Arizona. The journey across the U.S. from Boston to Arizona has been a major influence in her most recent body of work. "Driving from one state to the next and staying in a variety of roadside motels inspired me to create this body of work. The series investigates my voyeuristic interests within the public and private spaces of motels. The interiors of these spaces and the stereotypes of a seedy clientele often associated with these motels are of particular interest to me, especially when considered through the lens of contemporary cinema and mass media."