I am multidisciplinary, lens-based artist and designer living in Madison, Wisconsin with a background in Studio Arts and an MFA in Poetry. My work involves photography, web design, poetry, graphic design, and book design, each practice informing the others. I photograph weddings, engagements, and editorials while also exploring meaning-making through art and language. I support a Free Palestine. I think often of how to better align my practices with my principles of justice and equity. I approach my work with intention, creativity, and rigor. It is this perspective that allows me to build projects and collaborations that are hopeful and enduring.

A woman with dark hair pulled back, wearing a white shirt and light-colored pants, sitting cross-legged on a rock in a forested area with rocks and trees in the background.
Elegant cursive initials HJ and K in brown on a black background.

Clients often tell me they feel comfortable in front of my camera and that the images look like them, not a version of who they think they’re supposed to be, or a version pressured by trends. I step in when direction is helpful, especially during traditional portraits or moments of hesitation, and step back when things are unfolding naturally.

My approach is shaped by over a decade of photography training and time spent as an art and art history student learning how imagery endures. That background means I’m attentive to how something looks now and how it will live and age over time. I work with a true-to-life color palette and an eye toward consistency.

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Close-up of a sandy desert with patches of water and land.
A submerged diving board with a metal ladder, casting shadows of tree branches and leaves on its surface, above a dark green body of water.
Interior of a historic government building (Chicago train station) with tall columns, marble floors, wooden benches, and an upper balcony.
Tall waterfall cascading down a rocky cliffside with greenery at the base.
Interior of a burned-down building with damaged walls, a partially collapsed ceiling, scattered debris on the floor, and charred remains of the structure.
Close-up of large green tropical banana leaves with slightly damaged edges.
An outdoor basketball hoop on a court near a body of water, with sky and scattered clouds in the background.
Close-up of a moss-covered rock formation with a dark crevice, part of a natural outdoor setting.

“I sing the siren / palm the shell of every cicada, / turning it over like a stone or the almost / memory of jumping naked into the stream, / the swimming hole swollen with algae / We watch the light eddy / hold our breath in belows / You told me love / was running beside us / Your legs longer than lungs.”

— Water damage / Earth rot elegy, Hope Kelham, The Raleigh Review

Education

Purdue University

  • BA, Studio Arts (Photography & Related Media)

  • BA, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

  • BA, Creative Writing

  • Minor in Art History

Boise State University

  • MFA, Creative Writing (Poetry)