My name is Mary Henlin, I am 25 years old, and I have been doing photography for the last 9 1/2 years. I went to school at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and majored in fine art photography with a minor in graphic design. I also began my own successful freelance photography business up in the bay area, doing commissioned work for bands, models, and music zines. During June of 2004, I was sent out to Europe to photograph bands on tour for a music zine, and ended up severely injuring my back while on a media platform that collapsed at a metalfest in Germany. I ended up bedridden for months, before and after undergoing spinal fusion surgery at UCSF hospital. My injuries forced me to drop out of school, 3 semester shy of having my bachelor's degree, and caused me to move back to my hometown for long, slow recovery. 

Though my photography career has taken a few pauses, I have managed to keep working consistently over the years....in the beginning I was all about Black and White, and infrared film...and would strictly do all my work in the darkroom using traditional processes. When I became injured, I had to give up the darkroom for a couple years, and during that time I advanced my skills with digital photography, and learned to appreciate color photography and the benefits of the digital image editing and printing processes.

For more information on Mary and her works please continue on to her beautifully done site.  http://www.zhibit.org/untamedartphotography

Artwork images are copyright © 2006, Mary E. Henlin