Ashley Hutchinson

Photography – Raleigh

\"Uncle Bob! I will just die if I don\'t get that camera!\" the very line I pulled on my uncle, as a five year old at Disney, begging for a purple Mickey Mouse 110 film camera. It worked! Spawning a lifelong love of photography. Over the years my subjects have changed and progressed so much. My first job was at a portrait studio, and I continued to work at various ones through the years. Eventually I went off on my own photographing children and pets. I moved to North Carolina in 2005, and was eager to see all that it had to offer. I spent a great deal of time exploring and photographing all that I could in my new environment. The very first time I stepped into an abandoned house with my camera I knew \"this was it!\". I have found everything I ever wanted in a subject, location, challenge, and adventure. I love the old peeling paint, the rust, and the weathering. There is something undeniably beautiful about the way a house looks as it is reclaimed by the earth. I feel such a sense of excitement knowing I get to piece together someone\'s lost story, retelling it through my photos. I have showed and sold my photography on online sites, a local store in Apex, as well as placed \"honorable mention\" in two local contests. I would love to introduce my photography to a broader audience who would love and appreciate unconventional beauty.