About

Something magical happens to me when I look at the world through a lens. It helps me notice the nuances of emotion, beauty, and tension when I wouldn’t otherwise see it.

 At first, I was obsessed with equipment. My father was an inventor, and the idea that an object was the solution had me focused on what was in my hands. The thing about technology is that the better you are with it, the more invisible it becomes. Eventually, it is just me and what I’m seeing.

It became clear to me that it was not only my father who influenced me but my mother as well. She was deaf and never learned sign language; she read lips. She’s incredible in how she makes her disability invisible, but because she doesn’t acknowledge it, there are consequences. She lost the intricacies of her surroundings. She did not hear my pain, joy, or thousands of emotions.

Photography is my journey to reclaim the nuances of the world.  I search out those sensitivities and bring them into view.

Ordover was born in Jamaica, Queens, and grew up in NYC. Lori’s focus is on revisiting the family album.  After a successful career in marketing, she turned to photography to amplify her creative vision. She received a BA from Sarah Lawrence in Philosophy and has studied at the International Center of Photography in New York, the Los Angeles Center of Photography, and Santa Fe Workshops.

 Lori was selected as a Critical Mass 2021 finalist.

Her photographs have earned her recognition in the International Fine Art Photography Awards, The International Photography Awards for Street Photography, The New York Center for Photographic Art, and South x Southeast Magazine. She has exhibited with the International Center of Photography, the New York Center for Photographic Art, I(Le) Poisson Rouge Gallery, Umbrella Arts Gallery, Handwright Gallery, and South x Southeast Gallery.

As an artist with Memory As A Verb Collective, her work has been exhibited at The Oceanside Museum, Dallas Center For Photography, and Bonsack Gallery at Burroughs School.

She has just released an artist’s book, Silence Is.

Ordover currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Center of Photography and Penumbra Organization.