Anna: a NYC and Tennessee film photographer
and 16mm + super 8 videographer
Photographer, hiker, archivist, student, embroidery artist, knitter, cat mom. When you hire me, you get the whole Anna package, not just Anna-the-wedding-photographer. The more I’ve leaned into staying authentically myself with my clients (which includes getting in the dance circle during reception, grabbing a beer or latte together as our consult instead of a phone call, shooting wayyyy more film than digital, and stepping back to observe and document a scene more like a photojournalist than a director) the more connected I have grown with my work and my clients.
It is so important to me that my clients feel calm and comfortable with my presence on their wedding day so that we’re both able to live in and soak up the day as it saunters on by. My motto is live your day, don’t pose for it. The images and footage that feel most poignant and representative of a wedding day to me are always the little, in-between, unplanned moments that could never be artificially constructed. I live for those little shots that unexpectedly transport you back to exactly how it felt in the moment.
Some fun facts:
- I’ve been on 9 backpacking trips (and counting!) in the Grand Canyon.
- I took my first film photography class 9 years ago -- I’ve been hooked ever since.
- I’m a self-taught knitter. Catch me knitting on my NYC commutes all day every day.
- Alongside wedding photography, I am also a grad student in history and library science. My goal is to be a special collections librarian, helping to preserve art, stories, and resources for generations to come (while still protecting a set number of weekends in the year to film and photograph weddings.)
- Film is everything to me. I recently joined a color darkroom and started making my first color negative prints! They feel like MAGIC and I’m excited to offer darkroom prints to my clients soon.
- I loooooove traveling and often make my best personal work when I’m in a new space.
- I’m team (cat) boy mom