I’m glad you’re here.

I have been a public school art teacher for almost 15 years. More recently, I have taught high school darkroom and digital photography. I started out as a printmaker working in letterpress. For a number of years, I also ran my own letterpress print shop creating hand-lettered and illustrated letterpress printed cards, invitations, and all types of printed matter. Photography was something I always did on the side, taking a camera wherever I went (and still do!). Lately, I have been focusing on several different photo projects, which I hope to share in some form or another in the near future. I predominately shoot with film, though I do work in digital as well. When I learned photography, it was all film and I’ve always enjoyed the process of taking pictures, developing film, and printing in the darkroom. So, I never really stopped doing it that way.

I spend most of my time thinking and talking about photography, printmaking, movies, music, art, food, my dog, my wife and son.

You can always email me using either the icon or the form below. Please consider joining my mailing list as I will occasionally update you with projects I’m working on, ways of supporting my work, and exciting updates that may be coming up. I swear I won’t clog up your inbox!

Ryan Ives