Hope Kelham (b. 1996, Indiana) is a lens-based artist and poet living in Wisconsin.

A Purdue University alumna, she holds Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts, a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing, and a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies. Kelham earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Boise State University.

Services

  • Design

    Design services span books and book covers, websites, and visual identities for artists, small businesses, and educational spaces. The work is research-driven and collaborative, translating complex ideas into clear, considered design. Each project is shaped by purpose, audience, and long-term use rather than trend.

  • Photography

    Photography services center weddings, engagements, and editorial and brand work, with an emphasis on thoughtful documentation over staged spectacle. The approach blends a documentary eye with gentle direction, focusing on honest moments, texture, and story. The work is grounded, collaborative, and shaped by what naturally unfolds.

  • Poetics

    Poetry services include classroom workshops and one-on-one editing support for writers at various stages of practice. The work centers close reading, revision, and craft, with an emphasis on clarity, intention, and voice. Sessions are shaped to meet writers where they are while pushing the work forward.