I tell stories visually, calling on photography, design, and prose to provoke a variety of emotions. I leverage many styles of photography to tell my stories, including documentary, landscape, portrait, street and studio. My current work incorporates movement to contrast still life images, as well as to add layers to documentary pieces. I enjoy experimenting with long exposures in different settings to uncover new and universal truths about places and people. I use two types of cameras to capture these visual stories: a Nikon D5600 (a digital Single Lens Reflex), and a Rolleiflex 3.5 (a medium format Twin Lens Reflex). I’ve also recently designed and published two photobooks that feature poetry and prose in addition to my photography.
About me:
I was born in New York, and have been taking photos for more than 20 years, learning on film and adapting to digital. I have a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Journalism from Long Island University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Communications from Southern New Hampshire University. As a journalist in the Virgin Islands for more than a decade, I became experienced photographing live events like Carnivals, protests and government hearings. My work is still focused on finding the story, but now through fine art digital and film photography. I also continue to lead creative teams building brands and telling stories as a director of communications. I tell my visual stories primarily through my Medium blog Literary Lens.
-Stephanie
Stephanie Hanlon - Visual Storyteller 