Tracy L Chandler is a photographic artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Her work explores humanity and her own personal story reflected through portraiture, landscape, and narrative. Her photographs address themes of memory, psychological projection, and conceptual place.
Chandler earned her MFA from the Hartford Art School in 2021 where she was awarded multiple merit scholarships and the Mary Frey Book Grant. Her project A POOR SORT OF MEMORY has been exhibited in multiple solo shows including at the Reef in DTLA in 2025 as well as screened as a short film at the Arles Rencontres photography festival in France in 2023. Tracy has participated in multiple group exhibitions including The Oregon Contemporary, The Museum of Warsaw, Baxter St Gallery, These Days Gallery, Candela Gallery, The Filter Space, and The Humid. Her work has garnered many recognitions including scholarships and awards from the Hopper Prize Foundation, Montello Foundation, PH Museum, Arles Book Awards, Charcoal Book Club, Urbanautica Institute, Lucie Foundation, Critical Mass, and Los Angeles Center of Photography. Her work has been featured in publications and podcasts including The Neareast Truth, Booooooom, It’s Nice That, Fotofilmic, California Sun, The Humble Arts Foundation, and Lenscratch.
Her first monograph, A Poor Sort of Memory, published by Deadbeat Club, debuted fall 2024.
Beyond her art practice, Chandler is a Contributing Editor at Lenscratch Magazine, with a column dedicated to her interviews with photobook artists.