Leila Morrissey is a New York based photographer who specialises in Art, Music, and Fashion photography. She has recently moved over from Melbourne Australia to pursue her dream of making art for a living.

15th April 2012

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These images were taken one misty night in March on Graham Ave in Brooklyn. I was walking home and could barely see ahead of me , it was really eerie like being in a horror movie.

5th February 2012

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These images were taken at Occupy wall st, only a few weeks before the police came and shut down the site. I went down to find out the stories as to why these people were living there or just going down to help out. I cam across one guy Tony, who was squatting in the Lower East side and had come down to live at Occupy 6 weeks prior, he was spray painting T shirts for people. They could donate clothing or money for spray paint. Another guy Miguel had been there for 3 weeks and had no intention of leaving. Geoff however was from the East Village and was down there just to help out, he had been going down there for over 4 weeks. I did have mixed feelings however with some peoples reasons for staying there.For example one guy Mauricio(not pictured) was there drumming for money. When I asked him why he was there he became suspicious of me , he said his friend was living down there so he came down too. So he was there to make a buck,hmm.This has already become a special piece of history and these are the people I chose to photograph.

23rd January 2012

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This series was taken  at Coney Island, NY on 26 of December 2010, the day of a big snow storm. I just loved to see a different side of Coney Island, everyone always assosociates it with summer and Nathans hot dogs. I had my friend Veronica out there,I chose the red hat and lipstick to give a stark contrast with whiteness off the snow.

27th June 2011

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20th June 2011

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These images were all taken on the amazing Hasselblad camera. I was on my way to Aberdeen in Washington state. On a photo assignment for a magazine , when I came across this beautiful and weird rocky beach. I bit further down the road was a logging mill on the water. I climbed down onto the embankment right on the edge to shoot these just as it was starting to rain.

2nd May 2011

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These were taken with 100 ISO Kodak Vivid Saturation film, on a little Cannon 35 mm camera. They were all taken in Colaba,Bombay India in February 2011.This is part of an on going series on India I am working on for an exhibition.

4th April 2011

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These are a few self portraits of myself taken on the Hasselblad at home in Harlem,NY on a very cold January night.

29th March 2011

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Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2010

13th February 2011

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Some of my B&W fashion work

6th January 2011

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a few polaroids from my collection, Jesus is my favourite.I used a polaroid back on the Hasselblad on Christmas day to capture my special flashing Jesus.