Meet Gabrielle Morse – a filmmaker and photographer hailing from Atlanta, Georgia. Gabrielle is a graduate of Spelman College with a degree in documentary filmmaking and has been practicing photography for eight years. When asked how she got started in photography she shared, “When I was thirteen, my parents let me use their old, Nikon film camera. In the 2010s, Tumblr heavily influenced me then, so I focused on taking pictures of things I deemed aesthetically pleasing. When I finally received my first DSLR as a Christmas gift, I immediately began capturing portraits of friends, asking them t ..read more

Meet Marcia Williams. Marcia specializes in portrait photography, professional headshots, events, couples, families, and graduating seniors. She shared with us, “I have always had a love for photography! I started in high school taking yearbook photos at events such as football games, high school ceremonies, plays and more!” Marcia currently attends college in Boston, pursuing a degree in business management with a focus on entrepreneurship. When asked how she would define her style as a photographer Marcia said, “My style of photography is “expressive art” – colors that are bright, we ..read more

Meet Ayesha Kazim – a globetrotting freelance photographer working between New York City, Cape Town, and London. Her multicultural background as a Nigerian-South African living abroad fuels her passion for capturing compelling portraits that resonate with diverse audiences and communities. She shared with us, “Within my creative practice, I utilize analog and digital mediums to capture the intimate, transient moments of everyday life. My inspiration and art-making practice is rooted in introspection and outward curiosity for the world, often materializing itself in the photographing of subjec ..read more

Meet Julia, a therapist with 18 years of experience, whose true passion is analogue photography. Born in New York and raised between San Francisco and New York, she considers herself a hybrid of both places. For the past 15 years, Julia has called Chicago her home. When asked how she got interested in and started with photography Julia said, “I started my photography journey my senior year in college with an Intro to Photography class; I took it out of curiosity. I loved it so much that I took it as an independent study again in my last semester. This led to a year-long photography internship ..read more

  Elke came from a dog loving family where her dog Noodles, made the perfect muse for developing her photography skills as she worked at capturing Noodle’s endearing character and beauty. During her photography journey though, Elke found herself in the position of becoming a caregiver to both her beloved mother-in-law and husband, who was recovering from a health scare himself. During that time, Elke decided she needed a creative outlet to help balance the stress and demands of being a caregiver with some space for creativity and respite. Her first attempt at finding that space through p ..read more

1. Please introduce yourself. Who are you? What do you do? How long have you been into photography? I am one of the co-founders and instructors at Great Basin School of Photography, with my wife, Lori Hibbett. We’ve been leading workshops together for a dozen years, but our interest and experience in photography goes back decades. I took a darkroom photography class in eighth grade, and upon graduating from U.C. Berkeley with a computer science degree, I went straight into digital imaging, a couple of decades before digital cameras became generally available. 2. In one sentence, please d ..read more

What Isaac finds most important during his photo shoots is the opportunity to enjoy the moment and then capture each of those experiences from his own point of view through his photography. At Flickr, we are lucky enough to see all of those captured moments, from one vast and dramatic landscape to the next. Before Isaac began pursuing photography, he was taught how to appreciate nature and his surroundings, through hiking trips with his parents.  At the time, video games were more of a priority, but with the simple gift of a disposable film camera and the guarantee that he would have to ..read more

As a child growing up in Japan, Masako was always outside. Of those early days, she fondly recalled, “Whenever holidays came, my family always went on fishing trips. So I was by the ocean all the time. Because of my childhood memories, I still love being outside and finding something interesting in nature.” Masako’s first experience with photography was in elementary school. Her first camera was a pinhole camera that came with an easy developing kit. “I was shocked how it worked as a child,” she said. “I don’t have the picture I took, but I still remember that it had black and white film, an ..read more

Lauri Novak, a fine art photographer who lives just an hour outside of Chicago, loves photographing the architecture of the city. Photography has always been part of Lauri’s life. “From art class in high school to taking ballet classes for longer than I care to admit, I’ve always been creative in some way. It defines part of who I am.” For fifty years, Lauri has had a camera of some kind. “I was the one always taking photos in school, trying my hand at the usual yearbook and school newspaper photographer roles. They weren’t for me. I learned things along the way and consider it all part of t ..read more

Amanda is based in Washington State and while her Flickr photostream highlights many of those stunning Pacific Northwest landscapes, her artistry is also captured in thoughtful self-portraits and delicately edited photographic art. Amanda shoots natural light, school portraits for area schools and headshots for local businesses. During the slower seasons, she enjoys working on different art projects as well as engaging in online educational photography communities. Amanda’s interest in photography began in high school, experimenting with a Minolta camera that belonged to her grandparents. S ..read more