I am constantly amazed at our human need to create. It permeates everything we do and everything we are. The need to take the world around us and transform it with a piece of ourselves is the most essential part of being human - and the most universal.

The more I work as an art documentation photographer, the more I see I'm not photographing a piece of art but a piece of an artist. I get a little glimpse at the world through their eyes and help them to share it with others. It's an incredibly rewarding experience to work with artists of all levels and see how they interpret the world around them and the tools they use to express what they experience.

Art documentation is a collaboration between the artist and the photographer, to be done without ego but with skill and patience. To show a work to the world as it is, and convey the intention of the artist at the same time, is a delicate balance that I do not take lightly.

I am Ann Cady, the owner and photographer of ARC Photographic Images based in Elmira, NY. In 2005, I moved to Elmira and began a transition in my photographic career. Where previously I worked for the NYS Senate photographing politicians, I suddenly found myself in a studio at the" Make Your Own Glass Studio" in Corning, NY, photographing art glass made by students and teachers from all over the world.

It was there that I began to realize that I loved this strange little photographic niche I had stumbled onto, and I expanded my practice to include all art mediums. My goal is to combine professional work with affordability so that all artists can have access to images that accurately represent their work.

Professional Affiliations:

• Professional Photographers of America

Art Organizations I Support:

• The Arts of the Southern Finger Lakes
• 171 Cedar Arts
• Community Arts of Elmira
• Elmira Regional Art Society

Thanks for checking out my site. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me.

Sincerely,

Ann Cady

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