Lauren DeCicca is a documentary photographer based in Bangkok, Thailand.

With over a decade covering Southeast Asia, she's met people dealing with PTSD, drug addiction, displacement and disease, and is struck by the similarity in spirit between these people, despite the obvious divides. It has been a goal of hers to realize and mend this schism through photography, be it mental, physical or geographical in nature.

Documenting the lives of people around the world will help those who have no access to such situations understand that the subjects of her photographs could easily be their parent, sibling or partner. Despite differences in language, skin color, religion or way of life, everyone has the same basic needs for empathy, understanding and acceptance.

Lauren is a stringer for Getty Images in Southeast Asia. Lauren has worked on assignment for The New York Times The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, Der Spiegel, TIME, The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, Nikkei Asian Review,  amongst others. 

Lauren was awarded an Award of Excellence by POYAsia in 2023 for her project "The Future of Food", an Award of Excellence by POYAsia for Spot News Singles in 2022, Third Prize by POYAsia for Covid 19 Singles in 2021, and an Honorable Mention by POY International for her work covering the Battambang Roses basketball team in 2020. She was member of the Getty Reportage 2015-2016 Emerging Talent roster and selected as one of Photo Boite's 30 Under 30 Women Photographers of 2017.

She has received hostile environment and emergency first aid training through IWMF.

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Thailand: +66-957234907

USA: +1 315-412-4547

Instagram @deciccaphoto