Gaye Hilsenrath
Photographer
You
may have seen her around campus, a small woman,
taking lots of pictures... Gaye Hilsenrath has
been photographing Eliot for the past 6 months.
Her work can be seen here, on the new Eliot
website, and in our new Viewbook.Gaye moved to Boston after completing a
degree in social work from SUNY Stony Brook.
Uncertain of her career path, she started
photographing while working closely with a
vocational therapist. Shortly thereafter, she
received a grant for her documentary project,
"Voices of Freedom: Reflections on a New
Life."
This compilation of black and white portraits of
new immigrants who had fled persecution was
combined with the subjects' handwritten texts,
often in their native languages, about their new
lives in America. Fascinated by ethnicity,
culture, languages and the human condition, this
was the perfect project for a curious, budding
photographer. She knew that she had found her
calling.
Over the years, Gaye's work has evolved. She
has photographed for a wide array of clients
including the New York Times, The United Way,
Elderhostel. Her favorite published photo essays
include stories on Cambodians in Boston, a Druze
wedding in Israel, the Bolivian Altiplano and
Ecuadorean markets.
Today Gaye documents lifecycle events such as
weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, and creates both
environmental and studio portraits, primarily
for private clients. An avid traveler, hiker,
walker and meditator who practices yoga, she
opened Natural Exposures Photography in April,
2004 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
To see more of Gaye's work go to www.naturalexposuresphotography.com.
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