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Lulu Hamilton

@lulugrooves

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lifelover, photographer
Chicago
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“The Windmill” from Out in the Heartland

Inspired by peeling oranges for my friends as an act of love

photography/creative direction/production @lulugrooves
photo assist @samwyattphoto
production designer @sydneyjandrews
stylist @abigailipp
makeup artist @kykysimsim
assistants @leo.steele.design @jedslife
talent @connleyyy @j4da.l0ll @zir.charles @grisesouslalune by @lulugrooves

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“The Bathroom”

From Out in the Heartland

photography/creative direction/production @lulugrooves
photo assist @samwyattphoto
production designer @sydneyjandrews
stylist @abigailipp
makeup artist @kykysimsim
assistants @leo.steele.design @jedslife
talent @connleyyy @j4da.l0ll @zir.charles @grisesouslalune by @lulugrooves

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“The Tire Pile” from Out in the Heartland

featuring the tattoo freshly poked by @connleyyy in “The Bedroom” <3 by @lulugrooves

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“The Greenhouse” from Out in the Heartland, 2026 by @lulugrooves

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“The Shop” from Out in the Heartland

This series recognizes that individuality begets unity by portraying the sense of community that develops when growing up in a small town. In searching for yourself in a tumultuous digital age, the only certainty you can hold onto is your community, accepting you for all that you are, holding you close in the face of an unclear domestic future.

photography/creative direction/production by me
photo assist @samwyattphoto
production designer @sydneyjandrews
stylist @abigailipp
makeup artist @kykysimsim
assistants @leo.steele.design @jedslife
talent @connleyyy @j4da.l0ll @zir.charles @grisesouslalune by @lulugrooves

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“The Bedroom” from my new series Out in the Heartland

All in the name of love & friendship

Thank you so much to everyone involved
photo assist @samwyattphoto
production designer @sydneyjandrews
stylist @abigailipp
makeup artist @kykysimsim
assistants @leo.steele.design @jedslife
talent @connleyyy @j4da.l0ll @zir.charles @grisesouslalune

and thank you to @silentsisterproduction for giving artists opportunities to create & exhibit fresh work! by @lulugrooves

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Ally 🪲

@allyrosemh by @lulugrooves

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Savannah friends! New work of mine will be featured next weekend 9/12 at Cedar House Gallery along with some incredible artists. One night only. Would love to see you there! by @lulugrooves

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Lulu Hamilton

Even if Only Just For Right Now is an ongoing exploration of the tenderness and vulnerability existing within a tight-knit community. In our youth, community can often be intensely close, yet inherently transitory due to the shifting dynamics of young life. This project explores that despite the transience of these connections, or possibly because of it, there exists a powerful ability to be vulnerable, loving, and connected. Taken throughout my last year of college, the photographs emanate the comfort felt between friends who truly know and trust one another. The connections between us feel all the more significant with the intimacy of youth and shared desire.
Having experienced debilitating chronic illness and social isolation as a teenager, I have never taken for granted the ability to love and connect with one another. When I began experiencing it after becoming healthy again, connection became a cherished honor and something I was drawn to document, out of a desire to preserve it. Moments of vulnerability and closeness are so precious to me now, and I photograph them to capture the depths of human
relationships.
The act of collecting these moments was a catalyst for deeper conversation and connection among us, and the project became a cyclical process of tenderness. I was driven by the desire to become closer. The works in this project capture the tactile and emotional qualities of these gentle moments, in which my subject and I are witnesses to one another’s authenticity. A turned back, a tear shed, a moment of quiet self-reflection or physical affection; skin, touching, shifting. Every photograph is a celebration of the limitless expressions of human intimacy.
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#photographymagazine #americanphotographer #contemporaryphotography #visualarts by @lulugrooves

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Feeling joyous to see my photograph in print in the most recent @float_magazine issue, Re:collection, a project exploring remembrance and photographic history. The magazine is filled with so many beautiful modern and archival photographs, and to be among them is an honor. Pick up a copy for yourself and see the online exhibition at floatmagazine.us <3 by @lulugrooves

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Jed, horses, the saddle room, curtains by @lulugrooves

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So grateful to have been featured in Lenscratch last month and be interviewed by the wonderful Epiphany Knedler after meeting at Review Santa Fe last November. To be given the opportunity to explore in words the meaning of Even If Only Just For Right Now after such transformative reviews in Santa Fe feels amazing. Thank you @epiphanysk @lenscratch @centersantafe 🌟 by @lulugrooves

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