Baker Artist Portfolios

Alaina Lurry (she/her) is an Atlanta-born, Baltimore-based image maker and creative director. Her work explores the intricacies of Black womanhood and self-identity. She creates spaces of comfort for her community while honoring Blackness with care and authenticity, all while critiquing societal perceptions of Blackness. Through research, set design, costuming, and image-making, Alaina stylistically investigates the intersections of Black womanhood through comparison, juxtaposition, and commentary. By imaging herself and her community, she pushes the boundaries of Black portraiture. Alaina is a senior photography major at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She has exhibited in several shows within the Wilgus Gallery, the Atlanta Photography Group, and the Junior Seminar class exhibition Dog Ear, and her work has been published in Canvas Rebel, Photo Vogue, and Adolescent Content. Lurry is an Aperture Foundation 2025 Work Scholar Intern and a 2025 New Generations Scholar: Young Archival Artist Fellow.