Chelsea Stevens

Freelance photographer and journalist
Born September 28, 1988 | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Current city: Fredericton, New Brunswick

I was born and raised in Nova Scotia and am currently attending St. Thomas University. In May, I will graduate with a Bachelors degree in journalism and political science. With this degree, I intend to go on and complete a Master’s of Fine Arts in photography.

Art has always been a part of my life. My father painted, drew, and took photographs. He often encouraged me to do the same, sitting with me in our living room while he showed me how to create shadows and form while I was a child. It was his old Practika LTL 3, his camera from the late 70s when he was close to my age now, that I first picked up and began to experiment with photography. With my father’s old camera, which I still have, I was able to hold the back panel open while I played with the different shutter speeds, noting the difference in each one. I remember falling in love with the ability of the camera to capture an image as I saw it, and the satisfying clicking sound the old shutter made. As I have grown older, my love for that ability to capture a single moment has grown with me.

Website: http://www.chelseaastevens.com

Short URL: http://www.newbrunswickbeacon.ca/?p=791

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