{"id":365,"date":"2012-08-16T02:39:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T02:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/?page_id=365"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:52:25","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Maundy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/&copy;Maundy_Mitchell_Self_Portrait_081023-576x720.jpg\" alt=\"Self portrait, Plymouth, NH 2023\" class=\"wp-image-18676\" style=\"width:432px;height:540px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Self portrait, Plymouth, NH, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Maundy Mitchell is an internationally acclaimed portrait photographer. She runs her portrait studio, Maundy Mitchell Photography, on Main Street in Plymouth, NH. She has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and abroad, and her photos have been published in magazines, on billboards, and online nationally and internationally. She is a Master Level Photographer with The Portrait Masters International, a member of the Professional Photographer\u2019s Association of America, the National Association of Professional Child Photographers, NH Center for Photography, Peter Hurley&#8217;s Headshot Crew, and the Women\u2019s Caucus for Art. She holds a trademark on the phrase, \u201cPeople are beautiful\u201d, which is her core belief as a photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Artist Statement<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Henry David Thoreau wrote: \u201cCould a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other\u2019s eyes for an instant?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My work is about celebrating the magic of the human experience. &nbsp;I am interested in the connections between the subject and viewer. Through my work, I ask the viewer for empathy toward the subject.&nbsp; I seek to raise the perception of power of the subject in their own eyes, as well as in the eyes of others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The invitation to look closer is key to a successful portrait. This can be done with expression, body language, composition, and lighting, among other things.&nbsp; A closer look creates empathy, and empathy brings people together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hold a trademark on the phrase, \u201cPeople are beautiful\u201d, which is my core belief as a photographer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people do not have a portrait of themselves that they love. &nbsp;My purpose as an artist is to provide that to them, with the magic of a luxury photography experience. &nbsp;I believe that every single person is beautiful, and I want to show them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id='1' class='widgets_on_page wop_tiny1  wop_small1  wop_medium1  wop_large1  wop_wide1'>\n\t\t\t<ul><li id=\"nav_menu-2\" class=\"widget widget_nav_menu\"><h2 class=\"widgettitle\">Personal Projects<\/h2><div class=\"menu-projects-container\"><ul id=\"menu-projects\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-17469\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17469\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/knitted-together\/\">Knitted Together (2023-2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20822\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20822\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/the-over-50-revolution\/\">The Over 50 Revolution (2022-2024)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13060\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-13060\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/protest-portraits\/\">Protest Portraits (2020-2021)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-13691\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-13691\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/category\/projects\/one-world-portraits\/\">One World Portraits (2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12729\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12729\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/social-distancing-images-of-a-small-town\/\">Social Distancing: Images of a Small Town (2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11541\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11541\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/then-now-current\/\">Then &#038; Now (2019 &#8211; 2020)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11455\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-11455\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/the-birth-of-venus\/\">The Birth of Venus (2019)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10938\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10938\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/lifes-work\/\">Life&#8217;s Work (2017-2019)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11115\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-11115\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/old-is-the-new-new\/\">The Sargent Project (2017)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10941\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-10941\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/portraits-projections-dance\/\">Experimental Work (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10940\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10940\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/scars-project\/\">Scars (2016)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10942\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10942\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/the-unseen\/\">The Unseen (2014 &#8211; 2015)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><!-- widgets_on_page -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maundy Mitchell is an internationally acclaimed portrait photographer. She runs her portrait studio, Maundy Mitchell Photography, on Main Street in Plymouth, NH. She has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and abroad, and her photos have been published in magazines, on billboards, and online nationally and internationally. She is a Master Level Photographer with The<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/about\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7310,"parent":0,"menu_order":97,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-365","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":200,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22868,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/365\/revisions\/22868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maundymitchell.com\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}