Baker Artist Portfolios

Joanna Tillman is a fine art and editorial portrait photographer. Born in Georgia in  1986, Joanna grew up in a creative family and discovered photography at an early age. Her first photo subjects were her four brothers in the woods around her family home. Studying an all-analog process, Joanna earned a BA in Art: Photography at Carson-Newman University in 2007, where she also gained a deep appreciation for art history. To this day, Joanna is most inspired by nature, and by her regular trips to the art history stacks at the library. She approaches each photograph as a painting, building it element by element, from hand-painted backdrops, arranged scenery, carefully placed lighting and digital finishing techniques. Joanna's work has been featured in national juried exhibitions and print publications, and she does client work and personal projects in her Baltimore studio.