Lauren Fleishman was born and raised in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. She attended the School of Visual Arts with a Vice Presidential Academic Scholarship. In 2000, she was awarded a full scholarship to study at the prestigious Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 2003, Lauren was named one of Photo District News' 30 young photographers to watch. Lauren's clients include Esquire, The Fader, The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek and Time Magazine. Lauren was included in American Photography for four consecutive years and was an award recipient in the 2007 PDN Annual for her Time magazine work entitled Sixteen Candles. She has exhibited her personal project on love and aging at the main branch of The Brooklyn Public Library and is a 2010 Camera Club of New York Residency Recipient. She is a 2011 award recipient  in the PDN Annual for her Time magazine multimedia piece that focuses on the use of photography as an aid to amnesia.