Work samples

  • 410 Stoop Life
    410 Stoop Life
  • First Thursdays in Canton
    First Thursdays in Canton
  • E. Baltimore St.
    E. Baltimore St.
  • Pinbaltimore Tournament.
    Pinbaltimore Tournament.

About Olivia

Olivia Morgan was born & raised in Baltimore County in the summer of 1998. She was raised by her two loving parents and of that, her mom shot film quite often. Olivia's mom would hand her cheap point & shoot film cameras from a small age. She was unaware of it at the time, but photography would soon enough be the very thing that grounds her most. She graduated from Towson University & had the very fortunate opportunity to take a B&W 35mm Film Developing & Darkroom… more

Baltimore Mayors Christmas Parade 2025

Annual Hampden Mayors Christmas Parade, shot on ilford hp5- 35mm. 

  • Parade Watchers
    Parade Watchers
  • Parade Watchers in the Sun
    Parade Watchers in the Sun
  • Crampus
    Crampus
  • Crampus on wheels
    Crampus on wheels
  • 4 Degrees Out.
    4 Degrees Out.
  • Rat Float.
    Rat Float.
  • Oscar Meyer Float.
    Oscar Meyer Float.
  • Ghost Busters
    Ghost Busters
  • Friends Gathering
    Friends Gathering
  • Snow dog.
    Snow dog.

Street Photography

Candid street photography taken around Baltimore, all shot on  35mm film.

  • Pitango Customer.
    Pitango Customer.
  • Stoop life at ArtScape
    Stoop life at ArtScape
  • Barflys Painter
    Barflys Painter
  • Ice Protest
    Ice Protest
  • Sidewalk sitter
    Sidewalk sitter
  • Sidewalk shoppers
    Sidewalk shoppers
  • Monica & co.
    Monica & co.
  • Walkin here!
    Walkin here!
  • Books are Magic
    Books are Magic
  • The Famous Dog Walker
    The Famous Dog Walker

Portraits

Interacting with Humanity - Local Baltimorons. All shot on 35mm film.

  • Lauren Preller.
    Lauren Preller.
  • Peggy Fox.
    Peggy Fox.
  • Frank & Charlie
    Frank & Charlie
  • Skatepark friends
    Skatepark friends
  • Scooter in the distance-
    Scooter in the distance-
  • Smoke Break
    Smoke Break
  • Friends on the Balcony
    Friends on the Balcony
  • Eunice & Ben.
    Eunice & Ben.
  • Skatepark Muralist.
    Skatepark Muralist.
  • Therese, The Painter.
    Therese, The Painter.

Medium Format

6x6 images on 120 film- shot on a "Yashica- A". Twin lens reflex camera manufactured in 1950.

  • Skatepark Muralist
    Skatepark Muralist
  • Balcony Break
    Balcony Break
  • Hampden Skater
    Hampden Skater
  • Muralist & Their Work
    Muralist & Their Work
  • Made Ya Look
    Made Ya Look
  • Street Shopper
    Street Shopper
  • Santi & Kegs
    Santi & Kegs
  • Stoop Life
    Stoop Life
  • Peggy Fox
    Peggy Fox
  • Anti-Capitalist
    Anti-Capitalist

Weddings

Wedding at The Belvedere Hotel in Baltimore City. All shot on 35mm film. Some Ilford hp5 &  some on Kodak Color Plus. 

  • First Look-
    First Look-
  • The Bride to be..
    The Bride to be..
  • Post- Ceremony
    Post- Ceremony
  • Dance floor blur
    Dance floor blur
  • Bride!
    Bride!
  • Happy couple
    Happy couple
  • Happily Married.
    Happily Married.
  • A Baltimore Belvedere Wedding.
    A Baltimore Belvedere Wedding.
  • Just Married
    Just Married
  • Reception Entrance
    Reception Entrance

Baltimore Scenes

@baltimore_scenes on instagram was started by a few friends & myself in February of 2024. Originally it was designed to highlight a specific space within the art community of Baltimore- photography. Every week, we curate a post compiled of local photographers work-what we call “weekly roundups” and we try to highlight new artist when we can. We also host monthly Photo Walks: choosing a different neighborhood in Baltimore each month to wander & explore with our cameras; and it started out small. Ten heads showed the first walk- to now we have had over 100 people show up for one walk! We encourage all demograpahics to join, you don't need fancy or expensive gear.  It's a good way to connect people in the art community, make new friends, and gain new skills to practice.  Im forever grateful for this community and I hope our small instagram page can perhaps one day turn into something bigger. We were fortunate enough to have been asked to be apart of a short documentary with Maryland TV Station-which can be seen here : https://video.mpt.tv/video/be-inspired-a-day-of-thanks-film-festival-h8ljfy/ 

  • Camera Geeks
    Camera Geeks
  • Stoop Legos
    Stoop Legos
  • Stoop Views
    Stoop Views
  • “Spread the Word”
    “Spread the Word”
  • Nerdin’ Out
    Nerdin’ Out
  • Smoke break-
    Smoke break-
  • Peabody Punks
    Peabody Punks
  • Zine swap
    Zine swap
  • Peaked
    Peaked
  • Spotted
    Spotted

Dark Room

Being in the darkroom is a magical, inexplicable feeling. It will have you losing track of time for 7 hours at a time. I would go in, early in the morning and wouldn't come out until the sun had gone down, unintentionally, trying to perfect the perfect print and exposure. It was a massive privilege for me to have access to such an incredibly stocked dark room at my college, Towson University. I was lucky in more than one way. It was my senior year, my very last semester and I needed 1 random elective credit, I saw they offered a film developing & printing class which raised my eyebrows. I had been wanting to learn for years and here was my opportunity. I noticed you needed a pre-rec for the class in which I did not have. I emailed the professor (a semester before the class started) and explained to her how passionate I am about film photography, how I had been doing it for at least 5 years at this point and how this was my last semester/last chance to get into the darkroom and that I would do anything for a spot in the class. She responded back mentioning she really loved my passion and would happily wave the pre-rec for me so I could be one of the ten people in this prestigious class. I was over the moon excited. I learned so much in this class, and firmly believe it has made my photography skills infinitely better. To be able to witness, let alone learn the science behind making a tangible photograph is a knowledge ill carry with me for the rest of my life. The chemistry making your image appear right before your eyes is an unmatched feeling that my words could never articulate. 

  • My Work
    My Work

    The first time I had ever taken a photo with my work- exponentially grateful I chose to do this, in this moment. As an archivist, it's important to savor all these special moments, and I was/am extremely proud of this project so it should be documented!

  • Baltimore Vs Nashville Street Photography
    Baltimore Vs Nashville Street Photography
  • 8x10 Double Exposure
    8x10 Double Exposure

    This is an 8x10 double exposure print I made in the darkroom, shot in Nashville, TN. 35mm ilford HP5 plus film stock, shot on my Canon AE1. I LOVE making double exposures. I actually made my entire final project in my film developing & printing class, a series of double exposed street photography images comparing the street life from Baltimore & Nashville. 

  • Agitation
    Agitation

    Agitating in the fix bath real quick!

  • Film Dryer
    Film Dryer

    After you process your film, it needs to be dried for about 15 min before you can start to make prints with them. Here is me during the hanging process.

  • 8x10
    8x10
  • Contact Sheets
    Contact Sheets

    A contact sheet is the first print you make for a roll before you chose an individual image to blow up. You develop all the negatives and cut them into rows of 5- slide them into a clear binder sheet and you expose the entire binder sheet of negatives on top of a piece of photo paper. This allows you to see a small glimpse of each photo you shot on the roll so you can see which ones are worth blowing up -as printer paper and the chemistry to develop are very expensive, you have to be meticulous and strategic with your choices. The contact sheets are great gifts to frame, seeing the film roll sprockets and frame #'s above the images is unlike anything a smartphone image could produce.

  • Negative Sneak-Peak
    Negative Sneak-Peak