About Whitney

"Extraordinary Images of the Photographic Arts"

Represented Artist: Whitney Yeager

About the Artist

“My greatest joy is finding the authentic qualities of my subjects, first through conversation and later through the lens. I strive to capture people the way they want to be seen or remembered, doing what they love most, and in places where they feel happy. While my subject of choice is children in their pure and unconscious moments, I also specialize in couples, families and individual portraits. I use natural light, and will go to homes or parks to make my clients feel comfortable in their preferred environment.”

For the last 20 plus years, Whitney has taken most of her images with her Nikon FM2. Recently she's expanded to a medium format, Hasselblad. Whitney took 2 years of photography at the Roland Park Country School, and learned her way around the darkroom under the artistic guidance of Janet Hartman. In 1998 while living in Chicago, she studied under Richard Stromberg at the Jane Addams Center. The JAC Photography Program provided a comprehensive photojournalistic foundation. She has been accepted into several photography exhibits, including three at the Curtis Arts and Humanities Center. In January, 2007 she received the 2nd Place Prize for Best Black & White category at the 41st annual Through the Eye of the Camera show at the Littleton Museum in Colorado.

After graduating from William Smith College in 1990 with a B.A. in English, she spent several years in the publishing industry. In '97 she became a full-time mother. During the last 10 years as a mom, Whitney has developed a body of work of her children and friends' children. She has deliberately chosen not to go digital. The look and feel of a well executed black & white print derived from a film negative has kept her loyal to that medium.

“Black & white photography has always been my passion. I've stayed with traditional film because of the grain and contrast in the prints. I don't see the same depth in digital, black & white prints. You can do a lot in Photoshop with digital files, but the final print still looks a little flat to me. I find color film can be distracting and take away from the essence of my subject and their surroundings. The light in someone's eyes can jump off a page in a black & white picture, whereas if that same image were in color, it can be absorbed.”