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Life’s Visual Commentary
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: 2020/05 - May
Chelsea Cronkrite is not only a talented photographer, she thinks deeply and speaks intelligently about her passion.
Like most gifted photographers Chelsea came to a crossroads early in her career. She deliberated, “Shall I go left, down the Fine Artist’s Path or follow the right, the Commercial Artist’s Calling?”
Both careers are worthy. Both have their challenges. They even overlap on occasion. But after snapping hundreds of real estate photos, retail products and other advertising layouts, she realized the path less-travelled was her true calling.
She took off a couple of years and shot documentaries of her two daughters, her family, and her friends. She even photographed archaic structures, like old phone booths – iconic, and soon to be retired and lost forever.
Capturing personal, meaningful moments that are changing and breathing makes her heart happy. She says, “Now I am back shooting what I want, when I want, and it feels good.”
While she’s explored cinematography (meditational and music videos), most of her work is stills … but they are stills with a cinematic flair … unique, dramatic, each image telling a story. As she puts it, “I want to capture marvelous moments.”
Chelsea is self-taught. Her interest was piqued in high school with an artistic photo collage class. There she was introduced to principles and elements of design which serve her well. She’s also a voracious consumer of online resources. But most of all she’s a student of Life and uses photography to document a fascinating visual commentary.
For creative/artistic inquiries, contact Chelsea on Instagram, @chelseacronkrite, email [email protected] or phone her at (828) 508-7349.
