rianna
“Through my camera, I have found a way to analyze myself within these domains without disruption or distraction from my attachment to familiarity.”
Brianna is a photographer, solo explorer and outdoor educator, from Camden New Jersey currently living in Pasadena, CA.
Travel, life, experience… Brianna is a photographer, solo explorer and outdoor educator, from Camden New Jersey now residing in Pasadena, CA. In 2015 she moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles to pursue a path in photography and filmmaking. She is a self taught visual storyteller with a professional focus on events and lifestyle content and a passionate focus on travel and environmental photography.
In 2018 Brianna led her first photography workshops with National Geographic Student Expeditions in New York city, along with teaching a pre-college course in film and photography in Tokyo, Japan for Putney Student Travel. For the next few years she would lead expeditions for National Geographic Student Expeditions in New York, Japan and Yellowstone National Park. In addition to leading expeditions, she has taught workshops at Canon Hollywood and Canon Burbank and in 2021 she taught an advanced photography course at Venice Arts in Los Angeles, CA.
She developed a travel photography workshop called I Belong Nowhere, where she educates and inspires young adults to travel the world and take photos. Furthermore, the workshop’s main focus is for young people to improve their self awareness as well as understand the fundamentals of environmental psychology.
When she is not solo traveling around the world, hosting local hike meetups, or working, Brianna is developing I Belong Nowhere while operating her photo and production company. She received her BA in English (writers track) from West Chester University and is a member of the Black Women’s Photographers Collective.
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