One of my favorite LOCAL photographers!

Riikka Olson is a local photographer from Delhi NY.

But is a Finnish immigrant. Riikka is one of my absolute favorite local photographers! She has such a unique and beautiful way of photographing people and especially children. Her photographs are extremely vibrant and hardly ever photographs black and white almost always her photographs are in color. I absolutely love her work! 

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Raising the Flag, 1945 - The Marines

Photo credit: Joe Rosenthal 

This famous picture was taken on February 23, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. I love this picture and how Joe Rosenthal photographed the reality of World War II. It hits close to home for me given the fact that my fiancé is a United States Marine and has fought in the Afghanistan War. The pride in america is seeping out of this photograph. This picture shows United States Marines and a U.S. Navy Corpsman raising the flag of the Untied States atop Mount Suribachi. This is today one of the best known War images ever made! 

Mia

Beautiful Eyes

One of Mia's senior headshots! I love her eyes in this photograph!

Rachael Rose

My beautiful niece Rachael Rose!