My passion has always been to record history through photography and film. I have worked as a professional photographer and bookbinder for thirty years, capturing special moments in time and preserving the past.
It is my belief that photographs are the keys to our memories, and without them it is hard to recollect the specifics of our life experiences. I started taking photographs when I was eleven years old. At twelve I got my first 35mm camera. At eighteen I enrolled at the School of Visual Arts and four years later received a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography.
With the emergence of digital cameras everything changed. All of the printed photos and slides went into a box and all of the digital photos went into the cloud, never to be seen again. This didn’t sit well with me so I decided to scan all of my printed photos, negatives and slides (analog stuff), organize my digital files, and print everything in book form.
Thus began my passion for telling stories through photographs. I work with you to create a journey into your own family history as seen through images, documents, letters, artwork and newspaper articles. Don't let your history fade away.
JoAnne Becker
It is my belief that photographs are the keys to our memories, and without them it is hard to recollect the specifics of our life experiences. I started taking photographs when I was eleven years old. At twelve I got my first 35mm camera. At eighteen I enrolled at the School of Visual Arts and four years later received a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography.
With the emergence of digital cameras everything changed. All of the printed photos and slides went into a box and all of the digital photos went into the cloud, never to be seen again. This didn’t sit well with me so I decided to scan all of my printed photos, negatives and slides (analog stuff), organize my digital files, and print everything in book form.
Thus began my passion for telling stories through photographs. I work with you to create a journey into your own family history as seen through images, documents, letters, artwork and newspaper articles. Don't let your history fade away.
JoAnne Becker