Scarlett Freund: Street Photography as Witness and Empathy
In October 2026, Scarlett Freund, a portrait and street photographer from Los Angeles, will showcase her work at the Streets of the World exhibition held at RomePhotoLab in Italy. Freund's photography has garnered numerous accolades, including awards from Black and White Macadam, Black and White Spider, Exposure One, International B&W Photography, International Color Awards, Head On Photo Festival, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, PISPA Paris International Street Photo, and PX3. With a focus on street photography that highlights solitary figures and urban movement, Freund has exhibited at various festivals. Born in Brooklyn to Holocaust survivors and later relocating to São Paulo at age ten, she has worked at the Getty Museum and is now experimenting with abstract techniques while developing a series centered on empty streets.
Key facts
- Scarlett Freund will exhibit at Streets of the World at RomePhotoLab, Italy, in October 2026.
- She has received awards from Black and White Macadam, Black and White Spider, Exposure One, International B&W Photography, International Color Awards, Head On Photo Festival Awards, Julia Margaret Cameron Award, PISPA Paris International Street Photo, and PX3.
- Her work has been exhibited at American Photographic Artists National and Regional Exhibitions (USA), Paris Street Photo Festival (France), Praxis Gallery (USA), Pure Street Photography (India), Ren Gallery (USA), StreetSoup (Italy), Women Street Photographers (USA/Brazil), Venice Photo Lab (Italy), and Xposure International Photo Festival (UAE).
- Freund was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Holocaust survivors and grew up speaking Yiddish.
- She moved to São Paulo, Brazil at age ten.
- She worked at the Getty Museum and as a graphic designer for Harmonia Mundi.
- Influences include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Walker Evans, Garry Winogrand, Diane Arbus, Harry Gruyaert, Saul Leiter, Vivian Maier, Mary Ellen Mark, André Kertész, Sebastião Salgado, James Nachtwey, Sally Mann, Gregory Crewdson, Edward Burtynsky, Daido Moriyama, and Ernst Haas.
- She is exploring abstract techniques and a series on empty streets.
Entities
Artists
- Scarlett Freund
- Henri Cartier-Bresson
- Walker Evans
- Garry Winogrand
- Diane Arbus
- Harry Gruyaert
- Saul Leiter
- Vivian Maier
- Mary Ellen Mark
- André Kertész
- Sebastião Salgado
- James Nachtwey
- Sally Mann
- Gregory Crewdson
- Edward Burtynsky
- Daido Moriyama
- Ernst Haas
- Diana Nicholette Jeon
Institutions
- RomePhotoLab
- Black and White Macadam
- Black and White Spider
- Exposure One
- International B&W Photography
- International Color Awards
- Head On Photo Festival Awards
- Julia Margaret Cameron Award
- PISPA Paris International Street Photo
- PX3
- American Photographic Artists
- Paris Street Photo Festival
- Praxis Gallery
- Pure Street Photography
- Ren Gallery
- StreetSoup
- Women Street Photographers
- Venice Photo Lab
- Xposure International Photo Festival
- Getty Museum
- Harmonia Mundi
- UCLA Extension
- Alliance Française
- Lenscratch
Locations
- Los Angeles
- California
- USA
- Rome
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- India
- Brazil
- United Arab Emirates
- Brooklyn
- New York
- São Paulo