It all began with an idea.
When I picked up my first camera, I was 12. Thus began a love of capturing moments of time. In my early practice sessions, I used a few of my living room lamps for lighting and a bunch of Mary Kay make up. I saw then how such a simple photo and imaging could change lives. I ended up shooting commercial work but my two hobbies in my personal work have always been nature and transformations.
Then, my mother passed away in 2019. She was 91 years old. Unbeknownst to me, she had thrown away almost all of her photographs. I learned then, to my sorrow, how much those printed images meant to me. It never occurred to me she’d throw them out. It changed the direction of my life. I made a short video of the story here. I started doing Portraits in the Sue Bryce style. It’s beautiful work but it’s expensive. Then realized I wanted to offer this exquisite style of portraiture by combining the style with the intent of transformational portraits. NRIA was born from there.
My formal Bio
Nancy is one of two women in the world to win Communication Arts Magazine - Award of Excellence in Photography in both 2013 and 2015. Her work has also been twice recognized in Creative Quarterly Magazine. In 2015, she was listed with Charleston’s Gibbes Museum of Art - Society 1858 as a Southern Artist whose work contributes to a new understanding of art in the South.
She's an independent Photographer and Writer. For many years, she has specialized in non-verbal communication, and in marketing to women. Prior to turning pro, Nancy was a commercial make-up artist working with fashion and editorial shoots for other photographers. She was in demand for teaching seminars with classes for private photography groups on the power of light and make up…. To read more, please visit my photography website.