About Annie Claflin

Annie Claflin (American, b. 1978) is a lens-based artist living in San Diego, California. Fusing her observations and imaginings, Claflin engages imagery, handwritten text, collage and familiar objects to convey the intricacies of her relentless search for sanctuary amidst psychological unrest. Her artwork weighs the complexities of traditional family roles, the paradox of home as both solace and isolation, and their interwoven relationships with her own likeness.

Claflin’s artwork has been published in Analog Forever Magazine and included in exhibitions at The Griffin Museum of Photography, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, and The Whatcom Museum in Belligham, Washington, among others. In 2023, Claflin was included in the Critical Mass Top 200 and was a finalist in the Royal Photographic Society’s International Photographic Exhibition 165. In 2022, her photograph was juried third place award winner at the American Photographic Artists San Diego’s Untitled 2022 exhibition. One of her images placed as a finalist for The Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards in 2021. She graduated from New England School of Photography, holds a BFA in Photography from Massachusetts College of Art + Design and an MS in Arts Administration from Boston University. She has previous experience working in museums, galleries, and an art auction house.