about me 

I am a photographer, improviser, somatic practitioner & full-stack developer. My work lives at the intersection of felt sense and design. A practice of attention and communication.

Since 2010, I have been fine-tuning the craft of movement photography: portraiture, process, and performance. I seek to capture the energy, the texture, and the intelligence of bodies in motion.

During my time living and working at Earthdance Creative Living Project, I served as resident photographer, documenting workshops, performances, artist residencies, and the daily life of a place built on creative process. There, I learned how to capture felt sense through a lens—witnessing artists from around the world in the rawness of their practice, and in the opening of mine.

I completed my MFA in Dance and Performance at Smith College, where I focused my research on improvisational storytelling and minimalistic environmental design for the stage. My thesis work, Good Grief, explored how light, space, and minimal gesture can evoke narrative and emotional landscapes.

This background informs my approach to creative photographic documentation today. My work is about the honest rhythms of people and practice—the way light gathers around a gesture, and the depth of orientation.

What I see.

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anna.maynard@gmail.com