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hey i’m christy - the artist, visionary and creator of oxeye photo. i am currently based in duluth, minnesota and have been photographing human connections for about 10 years. in that time, i have learned so much about myself and what it is that really makes my heart beat. i romanticize the shit out of everything and can find beauty just about anywhere. i love to create memorable experiences for the people that i love which is why this career was made for me. i don’t take this “job” lightly and i am so #blessed to be here. let’s be friends!

i love the smell of fresh rain,

feeling the warmth of the summer sun on my freckled face,

and just staring at the stars.

i grew up in the most perfect little town in the upper peninsula of michigan, surrounded by natural beauty in every direction. i spent my childhood winters ice skating on lake superior and frolicking through fields of oxeye daisies in the summers. it's those moments that inspire me; the deep feeling of nostalgia - a time when life was simple. simple and beautiful.

my whole being is deeply rooted in nostalgia. while i gravely enjoy my life in the present and am excited for my future, it's the past that fuels my fire. thinking back to my childhood, my mother always had a camera with her. it was usually a polaroid and she would take photos of some of the most seemingly normal things — like, the full moon outside of the kitchen window or my dad and i eating breakfast at the table… things that we often overlook. she took so many photos that i just grew to love the camera. i didn’t think anything of it until i was given her collection of polaroids. now i can look at those photos - hold them in my hands even - and feel them in my soul. my mother has since passed so they are something that i treasure more than gold & they are what sparked my love of photography.

photography allows us to hold on to memories. it ignites something inside that transports us back to specific moments in our past. without photography, so many moments would be lost to time -- and that's why i do what i do.

wandering the forest with a pocket full of wildflowers (and probably a couple candy wrappers lol), hunting for the perfect vintage tchotchke, or camping with my fam, roasting wieners and enjoying a glass of whiskey by the fire.

has a biiiig piece of my heart. i’ve been married to the love of my life — a rugged outdoorsman named eric with a passion for fishing, brewing beer and all things entrepreneurial — for almost a decade (what??!). it’s always been us and our fur babes until 2022 when i gave birth to our first baby boy during the harvest moon. i never knew what i was missing in my life until becoming a mother. it’s been such an incredible chapter in our storybook and i can’t wait to see how the rest of it unfolds.

learn more about me!

i graduated from northern michigan university with my BFA in photography. following graduation, i ended up taking a little hiatus from art altogether because i let the opinions of others get to me. it wasn’t until my own wedding when i hired the most amazing photographer who re-kindled my love for it & made me realize “f the haters, i can - and i will - do this”!

i ended up working with her as a second shooter for a few years until she forced her baby bird (me) to leave the nest and the rest is history!

and i feel that to my core. i’m passionate, persistent, and fearlessly curious. i’m drawn to the unknown and mysterious like a moth drawn to a flame. i love witchy things, the paranormal, true crime and all things spooky. i wish that every day was halloween
(and not just because it’s my birthday hehe)

is my home and has shaped so much of who i am. regardless of what i'm going through in life or where i am in the world, my heart will always come back to her and i know she will heal me.

with music..
like literally any decade or genre, i'm into it. 70’s psychedelic rock, 80’s electropop, 90’s country, 2000’s hip hop, jazz. you name it, i probably love it. music, like photography, transports me to another place. it’s one of the things that is most nostalgic for me. so share your fav playlist with me and maybe we’ll play it at your session!