Through the Lens with Ellen Giamportone

I’m primarily an art photographer, trained in Painting & Design at Carnegie Mellon University. I soon traded in my painting brushes for a camera…and never looked back!

The visual image is my real passion and I’ve been shooting documentary, editorial, events, portraiture, and always my personal/art photography for over 50 years.

Portrait of a Potato Farmer, 1977

When being present in my daily life I can look around, absorbing the simplicity of the light, shadows, seeing how they play on surfaces and between objects.  I can perceive the energetic interactions as they play between people, and the qualities of energy in physical spaces.

Time Doesn't Matter

The immediacy of a camera (or iPhone) is the perfect tool for capturing fleeting moments as they ebb, flow and often…vanish. Those are magical times.